Outbreaks
This term describes an outbreak that has escalated to cover multiple countries or continents simultaneously.
What is a "Pandemic?"
This term describes a person who has a disease or infection but isn't experiencing symptoms.
What is "asymptomatic?"
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What is "referral"?
In Titanic, Rose promises Jack she will never do this...and then does it.
What is "let go"?
Before this practice was widely adopted, it was often safer to give birth at home than in a hospital or medical facility.
What is "handwashing?"
This school was the site of a tuberculosis outbreak starting in November 2025.
What is Archbishop Riordan High School?
This psychological technique helps a DIS build rapport, lower patient defensiveness, and elicit sensitive risk-factor data during high-stress interviews
What is "Motivational Interviewing?"
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What is "response?"
Curling is usually played in this season
What is winter?
The act that regulates the use and disclosure of health information was put into place in 1996.
What is "HIPAA?"
Outbreaks of H5N1 strain of viral infection usually requires the mass killing of poultry to prevent human transmission.
What is "bird flu?"
Before conducting a case interview, a DIS should confirm this to ensure they are speaking with the right person.
What is "date of birth?"
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What is "contact tracing?"
The license plate ECTO-1 appears in movies featuring this title team.
What is "Ghostbusters?"
The last case of this contagious disease occurred in 1977 and was declared eradicated globally in 1980.
What is "smallpox?"
This disease spread via mosquitoes caused an outbreak in the Americas in 2016.
What is "Zika"?
The first documented case in a particular outbreak or population that comes to the attention of the Health Department is called this.
What is an "index case?"
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What is "Surveillance?"
This color dress challenge sparked a massive internet debate in 2015. What were the pairs of colors on the dress?
What is "blue and black" and "white and gold"?
Though most closely associated with milk today, Louis Pasteur actually developed pasteurization in 1864 to save these alcoholic beverages from spoiling.
What is "wine and beer?"
What is "Bubonic Plague?"
This terms describes the indirect protection from a contagious disease when a large percentage of the population has become immune.
What is "herd immunity?"
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What is "preparedness?"
The first iPhone was released in this year.
What is "2007"?
This theory of disease pointing to microorganisms replaced the previous understanding that diseases were caused by "bad air."
What is "Germ Theory?"