Read 180 - Contagion vocabulary 5.1 - 5.9

illness

• disease

• contagious

• immunize

• epidemic

a disease that infects large numbers of people

• disease

• epidemic

• contagious

• immune system

the health of the population, often regulated by groups or

government agencies that work to keep people safe from

disease

• immune system

• immunize

• contagious

• public health

to keep people from getting sick by giving them a vaccine or

shot

• disease

• protect

• immunize

• contagious

parts of your body that work together to fight disease

• symptom

• infect

• vaccine

• immune system

to make someone sick

• protect

• infect

• virus

• vaccine

able to be passed from one living thing to another

• contagious

• disease

• epidemic

• immunize

to move and affect a larger area

• infect

• symptom

• spread

• virus

to keep a person or an item safe from harm or illness

• infect

• protect

• vaccine

• symptom

a tiny living thing that causes diseases

• overwhelm

• vaccine

• virus

• symptom