Desease prevention

a strict isolation imposed to prevent the spread of disease

—any of various simple submicroscopic parasites of plants, animals, and bacteria that often cause disease and that consist essentially of a core of RNA or DNA surrounded by a protein coat. Unable to replicate without a host cell, viruses

capable of being spread by direct physical contact with an infected person or surface or inhaled droplets or particles from the cough or sneeze of an infected person

—an agent that causes disease, especially a living microorganism such as a bacterium or fungus population—a group of organisms of the same species populating a given area

a rapid spread of a disease in an area where the disease has not been widespread

Genetic material that holds information for making more cells

a group of single celled microorganisms that live in soil, water, the bodies of plants and animals, or matter obtained from living things and are important because of their chemical effects and disease causing abilities

A medicine that helps prepare the immune system to fight infection

disease spread directly or indirectly from animals to animals; animals to humans or humans to humans

—a microscopic living thing, especially one that causes disease

A machine scientists use to grow and study bacteria

A structure inside an animal cell where DNA is stored

—any of a kingdom of living things (as molds, rusts, mildews, smuts, and mushrooms) that lack chlorophyll, are parasitic or live on dead or decaying organic matter, and were formerly considered plants

—management practices that reduce the chances that infectious diseases will be carried onto a farm by animals or people

an outbreak of disease occurring over a wide area and affecting many individuals

A scientist who studies micro-organisms like bacteria

A group of bacteria growing together

A cell of the human immune system that helps to fight against infection

A medicine that is used to treat bacterial infections