Infectious Disease Terminology Crossword Puzzle

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MALARIA : A disease caused by a parasite that is transmitted person-to-person by the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito.
DIPHTHERIA : A serious, infectious disease that produces a toxin (poison) and an inflammation in the membrane lining of the throat, nose, trachea, and other tissues.
HERPES : This virus also known as a simplex virus (HSV) and usually spread by sexual contact. Symptoms may include painful blisters or open sores in the genital area.
TETANUS : An acute, sometimes fatal, disease of the central nervous system; caused by the toxin of this bacterium, which usually enters the body through an open wound.
CHICKENPOX : A highly viral infectious disease, usually associated with childhood. By adulthood, more than 95 percent of Americans have had this illness.
MEASLES : A very contagious viral illness characterized by a distinct rash and a fever; spread through airborne droplets of nasal secretions.
POLIOMYELITIS : A highly contagious infectious disease caused by various types of poliovirus.
HPV : Name of the virus that can cause warts; some are sexually transmitted and cause wart-like growths on the genitals. This virus is a major risk factor for cervical cancer.
PANCREATITIS : Inflammation of the pancreas.
MENINGITIS : An inflammation of the membrane that covers the brain and spinal cord.
EPIDEMIC : A sudden and simultaneous outbreak or increase in the number of cases of a disease in a community.
ECOLI : Species of bacteria found in the intestines of man and healthy cattle; often the cause of urinary tract infections, diarrhea in infants, and wound infections.
ANTIBODY : A special protein produced by the body's immune system that recognizes and helps fight infectious agents and other foreign substances that invade the body.
INFLUENZA : Also called "the flu, - a viral respiratory tract infection. This viruse is divided into three types: A, B, and C.
MASTITIS : Inflammation of breast tissue.
TUBERCULOSIS : An infectious disease that was once a major killer worldwide. The predominant organism is caused by a mucobacterium.
HEPATITIS : Inflammation of the liver that sometimes causes permanent damage; caused by viruses, drugs, alcohol, or parasites. Hepatitis has several different forms.
AIDS : A disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which kills or impairs cells of the immune system (abbreviation)
CHLAMYDIA : Bacterial infection - very common sexually transmitted disease or urinary tract infection caused by a bacteria-like organism in the urethra and reproductive system.
PERTUSSIS : Also called whooping cough

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malaria : a disease caused by a parasite that is transmitted person-to-person by the bite of an infected anopheles mosquito.
diphtheria : a serious, infectious disease that produces a toxin (poison) and an inflammation in the membrane lining of the throat, nose, trachea, and other tissues.
herpes : this virus also known as a simplex virus (hsv) and usually spread by sexual contact. symptoms may include painful blisters or open sores in the genital area.
tetanus : an acute, sometimes fatal, disease of the central nervous system; caused by the toxin of this bacterium, which usually enters the body through an open wound.
chickenpox : a highly viral infectious disease, usually associated with childhood. by adulthood, more than 95 percent of americans have had this illness.
measles : a very contagious viral illness characterized by a distinct rash and a fever; spread through airborne droplets of nasal secretions.
poliomyelitis : a highly contagious infectious disease caused by various types of poliovirus.
hpv : name of the virus that can cause warts; some are sexually transmitted and cause wart-like growths on the genitals. this virus is a major risk factor for cervical cancer.
pancreatitis : inflammation of the pancreas.
meningitis : an inflammation of the membrane that covers the brain and spinal cord.
epidemic : a sudden and simultaneous outbreak or increase in the number of cases of a disease in a community.
ecoli : species of bacteria found in the intestines of man and healthy cattle; often the cause of urinary tract infections, diarrhea in infants, and wound infections.
antibody : a special protein produced by the body's immune system that recognizes and helps fight infectious agents and other foreign substances that invade the body.
influenza : also called "the flu, - a viral respiratory tract infection. this viruse is divided into three types: a, b, and c.
mastitis : inflammation of breast tissue.
tuberculosis : an infectious disease that was once a major killer worldwide. the predominant organism is caused by a mucobacterium.
hepatitis : inflammation of the liver that sometimes causes permanent damage; caused by viruses, drugs, alcohol, or parasites. hepatitis has several different forms.
aids : a disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (hiv), which kills or impairs cells of the immune system (abbreviation)
chlamydia : bacterial infection - very common sexually transmitted disease or urinary tract infection caused by a bacteria-like organism in the urethra and reproductive system.
pertussis : also called whooping cough