Disease and Immunity

A type of drug that is used to kill bacteria ONLY

• Antibiotic

• Vaccine

• Pathogen

• Anti-Inflammatory

the ability of a bacteria and other microorganisms to resist the effects of an antibiotic to which they were once sensitive

• antibiotic resistance

• immunity

• communicable

• non-communicable

binds to a specific antigen to prevent it from infecting a host cell and flags the antigen for destruction

• antibody

• antibiotic

• antigen

• antibiotic resistance

a substance that stimulates the production of antibodies. Like the "fingerprint" of a criminal

• antibody

• antigen

• antibiotic

• antibiotic resistance

a prokaryotic cell that can be beneficial or can cause disease by reproducing or releasing toxins inside a host

• bacteria

• virus

• fungus

• parasite

a disease that is infectious because it is caused by pathogens (virus, bacteria, fungus, parasite)

• communicable

• non-communicable

• resistant

• immune

poop

• feces

• vector

• pathogen

• antigen

a unicellular eukaryote that causes disease by growing on the surface of the skin or mucus membranes

• bacteria

• parasite

• fungus

• virus

DNA or RNA

• genetic material

• communicable

• vector

• pathogen

prevents illness by defending against, identifying and destroying pathogens

• immune system

• antibiotic

• virus

• vector