Immune System 101
This type of blood cell is a major component of your immune system
White blood cell
This type of vaccine uses a live version of a virus to trigger an immune response
Live Attenuated Vaccine
This is when an illness spreads rapidly within a community
Epidemic
This type of disease transmission includes when diseases spread through skin-to-skin contact, kissing and/or sexual intercourse
Direct Transmission
This is another name for viruses, bacteria or microorganism that can cause disease
Pathogen
This type of vaccine uses a dead version of a virus or pathogen to trigger an immune response
Inactive Vaccine
This is when an illness spreads uncontrolled across countries at one time
Pandemic
Diseases are spread through this type of transmission when a person comes into contact with contaminated air particles or objects
Indirect transmission
This type of immune response raises the temperature of the body, making it less habitable for diseases
A Fever
The COVID vaccine is this type of vaccine
This is the first disease to be totally erradicated
Smallpox
This type of immunity is created when enough people in a population are vaccinated to stop the spread of a disease
Herd immunity
When your immune system comes into contact with a virus, it creates this type of cell, and stores the information for that cell in a type of "library" so it can recreate it if it ever counters the same virus again
Antibody
People with weakened immune systems should not be given this type of vaccine
Live attenuated vaccine
Name one factor that gets in the way of disease eradication
Misinformation
Lack of Infrastructure
Funding
Global Conflict/War
This method of transportation has made the global spread of diseases much easier and faster
Airplanes
This type of facial hair is part of your immune defense system, helping to form a barrier between internal and external environments
Eyelashes
The MMR vaccine creates immunity for these three diseases
Measles, Mumps and Rubella
This disease is on its way to being eradicated through the use of special water filters
Guinea Worm
This number is also known as the basic reproduction number for a disease, or the infection rate
R0