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disease : A condition that causes harm or interferes with the normal functioning of a living thing, generally caused by parasites and pathogenic micro-organisms, or possibly due to environmental, nutritional or genetic factors. An example is Malaria, HIV/AIDS, and Cholera.
Pandemic : A disease prevalent across a wide geographic area such as a country, region or even the world. For example, The Black Death which swept across Europe and was one of the worst pandemics in human history.
Epidemic : When a disease spreads rapidly and affects many people at the same time, resulting in widespread infection, particularly in an area or time when such infection is not common. For example, Australia was subjected to severe influenza epidemic in 2007.
Endemic : When a disease is common or peculiar to specific locality, religion, or people; for example Malaria being endemic in many tropical countries such as Papua New Guinea.
epidemiology : The area of medical studies that examines the incidence, possible sources and prevalence of infectious diseases in communities of people.
Infectious disease : Disease that can be passed from one person or animal to another through contact, usually by food, water, air or a vector, for example, diarrhoea. Over 90 percent of all deaths caused by infectious diseases are due to a small number of them, including pneumonia, malaria, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, measles and diarrheal diseases.
vector : An organism capable of carrying and transmitting pathogenic bacterium and virus from one person to another; for example, a house fly, mosquito or flea.
Water borne diseases : Contracted from either drinking or accidentally swallowing contaminated water, or by eating food that has been prepared using unclean water. In places where sanitation and hygiene is poor, pathogenic micro-organisms from human or animal faeces can find their way into a water supply. Examples include Cholera, typhoid, polio and hepatitis A.
Air borne diseases : Occur when people breathe in bacteria or viruses attached to dust particles, smoke or water vapour, causing them to become ill. These diseases include influenza, tuberculosis, chickenpox and smallpox.
Sexually transmitted diseases : Transmitted by sexual contact, breast feeding or needle sharing between IV drug users. The most common types of STDs are HIV, gonorrhoea, chlamydia, and genital herpes.
Deficiency disease : A term used to describe a range of conditions that people acquire due to lack of food or particular nutrients and vitamins. Such diseases include anemia, vitamin A, B, C deficiency leading to scurvy, beri-beri and xerophthalmia, or diarrhoeal diseases caused by malnutrition and lack of drinkable water.
Zoonotic disease : A pathogen or virus which originates or lives in another animal and transfers to people, such as AIDS, anthrax, avian flu, Ebola, SARS, bubonic plague, monkey pox, rabies.
Anthropozoonotic disease : One that is common to some groups of people but able to affect animals, such as tuberculosis, brucellosis, human herpes virus and measles.
Antibiotics : a medicine (such as penicillin) which inhibits the growth or destroys microorganisms of a disease.
Vaccination : contains an agent that resembles a disease-causing microorganism, and is often made from weakened or killed forms of the microbe, its toxins or one of its surface proteins.
Bubonic Plague : One of the first pandemics to spread across western Asia and Europe during the middle ages. Also known as the black death, it was a disease spread by the bacteria Yersinia Pestis, which resided in infected rats and fleas.
Malaria : a disease caused by a parasite called Plasmodium, which is transmitted via the bites of infected mosquitoes.
SARS : a contagious and sometimes fatal respiratory illness.
AIDS : a chronic, potentially life-threatening condition caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
Across:2. | An organism capable of carrying and transmitting pathogenic bacterium and virus from one person to another; for example, a house fly, mosquito or flea. | 5. | A term used to describe a range of conditions that people acquire due to lack of food or particular nutrients and vitamins. Such diseases include anemia, vitamin A, B, C deficiency leading to scurvy, beri-beri and xerophthalmia, or diarrhoeal diseases caused by malnutrition and lack of drinkable water. | 8. | Occur when people breathe in bacteria or viruses attached to dust particles, smoke or water vapour, causing them to become ill. These diseases include influenza, tuberculosis, chickenpox and smallpox. | 13. | a medicine (such as penicillin) which inhibits the growth or destroys microorganisms of a disease. | 15. | When a disease spreads rapidly and affects many people at the same time, resulting in widespread infection, particularly in an area or time when such infection is not common. For example, Australia was subjected to severe influenza epidemic in 2007. | 16. | One of the first pandemics to spread across western Asia and Europe during the middle ages. Also known as the black death, it was a disease spread by the bacteria Yersinia Pestis, which resided in infected rats and fleas. | 17. | The area of medical studies that examines the incidence, possible sources and prevalence of infectious diseases in communities of people. |
| | Down:1. | Contracted from either drinking or accidentally swallowing contaminated water, or by eating food that has been prepared using unclean water. In places where sanitation and hygiene is poor, pathogenic micro-organisms from human or animal faeces can find their way into a water supply. Examples include Cholera, typhoid, polio and hepatitis A. | 3. | When a disease is common or peculiar to specific locality, religion, or people; for example Malaria being endemic in many tropical countries such as Papua New Guinea. | 4. | a disease caused by a parasite called Plasmodium, which is transmitted via the bites of infected mosquitoes. | 6. | A pathogen or virus which originates or lives in another animal and transfers to people, such as AIDS, anthrax, avian flu, Ebola, SARS, bubonic plague, monkey pox, rabies. | 7. | Disease that can be passed from one person or animal to another through contact, usually by food, water, air or a vector, for example, diarrhoea. Over 90 percent of all deaths caused by infectious diseases are due to a small number of them, including pneumonia, malaria, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, measles and diarrheal diseases. | 9. | A disease prevalent across a wide geographic area such as a country, region or even the world. For example, The Black Death which swept across Europe and was one of the worst pandemics in human history. | 10. | contains an agent that resembles a disease-causing microorganism, and is often made from weakened or killed forms of the microbe, its toxins or one of its surface proteins. | 11. | a contagious and sometimes fatal respiratory illness. | 12. | a chronic, potentially life-threatening condition caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). | 14. | A condition that causes harm or interferes with the normal functioning of a living thing, generally caused by parasites and pathogenic micro-organisms, or possibly due to environmental, nutritional or genetic factors. An example is Malaria, HIV/AIDS, and Cholera. |
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Across:2. | An organism capable of carrying and transmitting pathogenic bacterium and virus from one person to another; for example, a house fly, mosquito or flea. | 5. | A term used to describe a range of conditions that people acquire due to lack of food or particular nutrients and vitamins. Such diseases include anemia, vitamin A, B, C deficiency leading to scurvy, beri-beri and xerophthalmia, or diarrhoeal diseases caused by malnutrition and lack of drinkable water. | 8. | Occur when people breathe in bacteria or viruses attached to dust particles, smoke or water vapour, causing them to become ill. These diseases include influenza, tuberculosis, chickenpox and smallpox. | 13. | a medicine (such as penicillin) which inhibits the growth or destroys microorganisms of a disease. | 15. | When a disease spreads rapidly and affects many people at the same time, resulting in widespread infection, particularly in an area or time when such infection is not common. For example, Australia was subjected to severe influenza epidemic in 2007. | 16. | One of the first pandemics to spread across western Asia and Europe during the middle ages. Also known as the black death, it was a disease spread by the bacteria Yersinia Pestis, which resided in infected rats and fleas. | 17. | The area of medical studies that examines the incidence, possible sources and prevalence of infectious diseases in communities of people. |
| | Down:1. | Contracted from either drinking or accidentally swallowing contaminated water, or by eating food that has been prepared using unclean water. In places where sanitation and hygiene is poor, pathogenic micro-organisms from human or animal faeces can find their way into a water supply. Examples include Cholera, typhoid, polio and hepatitis A. | 3. | When a disease is common or peculiar to specific locality, religion, or people; for example Malaria being endemic in many tropical countries such as Papua New Guinea. | 4. | a disease caused by a parasite called Plasmodium, which is transmitted via the bites of infected mosquitoes. | 6. | A pathogen or virus which originates or lives in another animal and transfers to people, such as AIDS, anthrax, avian flu, Ebola, SARS, bubonic plague, monkey pox, rabies. | 7. | Disease that can be passed from one person or animal to another through contact, usually by food, water, air or a vector, for example, diarrhoea. Over 90 percent of all deaths caused by infectious diseases are due to a small number of them, including pneumonia, malaria, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, measles and diarrheal diseases. | 9. | A disease prevalent across a wide geographic area such as a country, region or even the world. For example, The Black Death which swept across Europe and was one of the worst pandemics in human history. | 10. | contains an agent that resembles a disease-causing microorganism, and is often made from weakened or killed forms of the microbe, its toxins or one of its surface proteins. | 11. | a contagious and sometimes fatal respiratory illness. | 12. | a chronic, potentially life-threatening condition caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). | 14. | A condition that causes harm or interferes with the normal functioning of a living thing, generally caused by parasites and pathogenic micro-organisms, or possibly due to environmental, nutritional or genetic factors. An example is Malaria, HIV/AIDS, and Cholera. |
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