Vaccination Rates
This is the reason mostly likely for a decline in vaccination rates with the U.S over the past 10 yrs.
What is fear that vaccines cause autism?
Molly was diagnosed with trichinosis. She most likely acquired this disease by:
What is eating under-cooked meat?
Rifampin is a medication commonly prescribed to treat:
What is tuberculosis?
The body's process of becoming resistant to a particular disease after acquiring the disease from a vaccination is termed:
What is acquired active immunity?
This is the leading cause of death in underdeveloped countries.
What are infectious diseases?
The last documented case of this illness was recorded in 1977; therefore, children within the U.S. are no longer routinely vaccinated for :
What is smallpox?
This is the type of microorganism that someone has been exposed to if they have developed Legionnaire's disease.
What is bacteria?
This is the mode of transmission for chicken pox, measles, and influenza.
What is Airborne?
Natural defense mechanisms within the body include tears, saliva, and:
What are mucous and nasal membrane secretions?
Globally, this is the leading cause of death.
What is heart disease?
Requiring vaccinations to attend school helps create this type of preventative action for immunity.
What is herd immunity?
A baby contracts herpes encephalitis during childbirth from the mother. This mode of transmission best describes this viral transfer from a mother to her offspring.
What is vertical transmission?
The statement that some infections are not virulent means:
What is the disease is not likely to spread and cause multiple people to get sick?
This is public health measure to prevent infectious disease can decrease the occurrence of rabies.
What are animal control programs?
The World Health Organization has identified measles and polio as the targeted diseases for global eradication. This diseases could one day:
What is be completely eliminated?
The U.S. does not vaccinate against waterborne illnesses because:
What are these illnesses mostly exist in developing countries?
This disease has only recently been recognized as a distinct disease due to the infection's potential to spread to the heart, joints, and nervous system.
What is Lyme disease?
Acyclovir, used commonly to treat shingles, herpes simplex, and chicken pox, is grouped into this drug category.
What is antiviral medications?
The disease is likely to spread and cause multiple people to get sick?
Milk pasteurization is an example of:
What are food safety programs?
Cancer patients rely on the public to have this type of immunity to protect them from diseases?
What is herd immunity?
Tuberculosis is considered re-emerging because this infection has shown resistance to:
What are antibiotic medications?
This pathogen is treated with medications that may be highly toxic to humans.
What is fungus?
Once pathogens have entered the host, adhered to host cells, and invaded host tissues; this also occurs within the body prior to a disease being diagnosed.
What is the pathogen inflicts damage on those tissues?
The NIH, CDC, and FDA are all divisions under this federal agency.
What is the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)?