Fight Against AIDS

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. The virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (3)
  2. 4. Red liquid pumped around the body by the heart (5)
  3. 5. The trait of abstaining (10)
  4. 6. The act of sending a message (12)
  5. 8. A ___ measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc (plural) (11)
  6. 9. The abbreviation for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, an advanced stage of HIV infection. (4)
  7. 10. Vulnerability to the elements (8)
  8. 11. Any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated (plural) (8)

Down

  1. 1. The leaf of a conifer (plural) (7)
  2. 3. A ___ that protects the body from foreign substances and pathogenic organisms by producing (12)
  3. 7. Two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans (8)