11.1 Communicable Disease vocabulary

Viral infection of the respiratory system; also known as the flu.

• antibiotics

• communicable disease

• conjunctivitis

• influenza

• mononucleosis

Bacterial or viral infection that affects the tonsils.

• method of transmission

• mononucleosis

• pathogens

• tonsillitis

• conjunctivitis

Substances that target and kill pathogenic bacteria.

• antibiotics

• communicable disease

• method of transmission

• conjunctivitis

• pathogens

Viral or bacterial infection that causes inflammation of part of the eye; also known as pinkeye.

• communicable disease

• conjunctivitis

• pathogens

• mononucleosis

• tonsillitis

Microorganisms that cause communicable diseases.

• communicable disease

• method of transmission

• mononucleosis

• pathogens

• antibiotics

Condition someone can develop after coming into contact with humans, animals, or plants infected with the disease; also called infectious disease.

• communicable disease

• conjunctivitis

• method of transmission

• mononucleosis

• influenza

Way a disease gets from one organism to another; may be direct or indirect.

• antibiotics

• communicable disease

• conjunctivitis

• influenza

• method of transmission

Common viral infection that spreads through kissing or by sharing certain objects; also known as mono and the kissing disease

• influenza

• method of transmission

• mononucleosis

• pathogens

• tonsillitis