Public Health and Epidemiology Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• indirect : transmission of infectious agents via an intermediate
• helminth : a multicellular parasitic worm, with a flattened body.
• urbanization : the modern process that has led to an increase in population density, making the spread of disease easier.
• virus : an infectious agent with a nucleic acid (rna or dna) in a protein coat, that can only multiply within a host's living cells.
• reservoir : the place(s) where a disease agent lives/ multiplies, which is essential for its survival.
• eid : the acronym used to describe a disease that has newly appeared in a population, or is quickly increasing in incidence.
• zoonosis : the spread of disease from an animal to a person
• transplacental : type of transmission of a disease from the pregnant woman to the foetus
• surveillance : the ongoing systematic collection, analysis and interpretation of outcome- specific data, used in public health policies
• communicable : the type of disease that is transmissible from person to person, directly or indirectly.
• protozoa : non- phototropic, unicellular, eukaryotic microorganisms with no cell wall