Infectious Diseases Word Search

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. Coccoid rickettsia infesting birds and mammals (9)
  2. 8. Mucus-secreting ___ lining all body cavities or passages that communicate with the exterior (14)
  3. 11. The practice or state of having only one spouse at a time (8)
  4. 12. A contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite (7)
  5. 14. A doctor's degree in theology (3)
  6. 15. The work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something (plural) (4)
  7. 16. An acute febrile highly contagious viral disease (9)

Down

  1. 2. Of or relating to ___ (10)
  2. 3. Care provided to improve a situation (9)
  3. 4. The state of being ___ (9)
  4. 5. The act of making ___ (12)
  5. 6. The trait of abstaining (10)
  6. 7. A source of danger (plural) (5)
  7. 9. A common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete (8)
  8. 10. Any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated (plural) (8)
  9. 13. An antiviral drug used in the treatment of AIDS (3)