Disease Dilemmas key terms

1. A disease transferred from animals to humans. Some examples are rabes and madcow disease. (8)
5. A type of diffusion which a disease spreads through direct contact. (10, 9)
6. A widespread outbreak of a disease. (8)
7. Disease that is a medical condition that can't be passed between people. An example of this is diabetes. (3, 12)

2. An infectious disease transmitted easily to others through a number of routes directly and indirectly. An example of this is cholera. (10)
3. Disease is not easily transmitted between people and may be vector-borne. An example of this is malaria. (3, 10)
4. The diffusion model that shows how a disease will spread from patient zero. This man came up with the neighbourhood effect. (11)
8. An outbreak of disease that affects a population. (8)
9. A type of disease caused by pathogens such as bacteria, viruses, parasites or fungi. An example of this is the flu. (10)
10. When a disease exists in a geographical area. (7)

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