Definitions
Disease Cause/Spread
Symptoms/complications
Vaccine/prevention
Quarantine/ethics
100

Restricting the movement of people who may have been exposed to a disease

What is quarantine?

100

A highly contagious disease that spreads very easily through the air prevented with MMR

What is measles?

100

Swollen salivary glands near the jaw are a symptom of this disease

What is mumps?

100

This vaccine protects against measles, mumps, and rubella

What is the MMR vaccine?

100

The main goal of quarantine

What is preventing the spread of disease?

200

This illness can cause pneumonia, meningitis, or bloodstream infections

What is Pneumococcal disease?

200

A liver disease spread through contaminated food or water

What is hepatitis A?

200

Severe diarrhea and dehydration occur most often with this illness in infants

What is rotavirus?

200

This vaccine is commonly recommended every year

What is the influenza vaccine?

200

One argument against using the military to enforce quarantines is that it can have this effect on civilians

What is intimidation?

300

The DTap vaccine prevents the following illnesses

What are Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis?

300

The method by which the virus spreads in Outbreak

What is airborne transmission?

300

Paralysis is a serious possible complication of this disease

What is polio?

300

What criticism against vaccine has been discredited in recent years

What is that they cause autism in children?

300

A civil liberty commonly limited during quarantine

What is freedom of movement?

400

The U.S. agency responsible for tracking and preventing disease outbreaks

What is the CDC?

400

A disease spread through blood and body fluids that can become chronic affecting the liver

What is hepatitis B?

400

The extreme action considered by the government to stop the virus

What is destroying a town?

400

The Hib vaccine protects against infections that can cause:

What is meningitis?

400

In both real pandemics and Outbreak, decision‑making is driven by this tension

What is public safety versus individual rights?

500

A situation where protecting public health may limit individual freedom

What is a public health ethical dilemma?

500

A disease that enters the body through dirty cuts or wounds

What is tetanus?

500

This illness can cause a thick gray coating in the throat

What is Diphtheria?

500

The way vaccines mainly work is this

What is by training the immune system to recognize pathogens?

500

CDC stands for the following

What is Center for Disease Control and Prevention?

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