Epidemics
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- Q 1/14Score 0A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time29Epidemic
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- Q1A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular timeEpidemic30s
- Q2Disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects a very high proportion of the population.Pandemic30s
- Q3The sudden occurrence of a disease in unexpected numbers in a limited area.Outbreak30s
- Q4Injection of a weakened or mild form of a pathogen to produce immunity in a patient. First discovered by Edward Jenner.AntibioticsVectorvaccinationBacteria30s
- Q5A microscopic infectious pathogen that replicates (copies itself) inside the cells of living things.bacteriadiseaseprionvirus30s
- Q6An organism that causes disease, for example virus or bacteria.pollutionpathogenwatercows30s
- Q7Tiny living single-celled organisms that can cause disease.Bacteriavectorvirusprion30s
- Q8Animal or insect that transports a pathogen to a human, e.g. fleas or mosquitoes.germvirusvectorbacteria30s
- Q9When a person has resistance to a particular disease.Immunitythick skinstrenthtough30s
- Q10The body's defensive reaction to invasion by bacteria, viral agents, or other foreign substances.fightingImmune responseallergic reaction30s
- Q11An infectious disease caused by the Yersinia Pestis bacterium and which can kill many people.influenzasmall poxmeaslesbubonic plague30s
- Q12An antibiotic produced naturally by moulds which treat bacterial illnesses. Discovered by Alexander Fleming.serumpenicillinantibioticsvitamins30s
- Q13Group of drugs used to block the growth and reproduction of bacterial pathogenspanadolkeytrudaantibioticsparacetomol30s
- Q14Able to be passed easily from one person to another.Contagious30s
