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| an illness or epidemic that spreads through a specific population |
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| the uncontrolled spread of a plague or illness |
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An infective agent that typically consists of a nucleic acid molecule in a protein coat, is too small to be seen by light microscopy,...
An infection or disease caused by such an agent. |
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| A member of a large group of unicellular microorganisms lacking organelles and an organized nucleus, including some that can cause disease. |
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| An inanimate object or substance, such as clothing, furniture, or soap, that is capable of transmitting infectious organisms from one individual to another. |
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1. invasion and multiplication of microorganisms in body tissues, especially that causing local cellular injury due to competitive metabolism, toxins, intracellular replication, or antigen-antibody response.
2. an infectious disease. |
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| infection or illness spread through dirty or poorly prepared food |
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| infection due to inhalation of respiratory pathogens suspended on liquid particles exhaled by someone already infected (droplet nuclei) . |
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| having to do with the airways of the body |
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| affecting the airways of the body |
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| spreads from person to person |
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| a disease that does not spread from person to person |
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| a disease that is spread through insect contact |
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| infectious bumps on the skin and somethings on the lining of the throat that can burst and spread infection |
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| the body's defense system against infection! |
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