Other viruses
Nasty Viruses
Protozoa
Respiratory Viruses
Fungi
100
Virus that causes kissing disease and Burkitt's lymphoma.
What is Epstein-Barr virus?
100
Virus that causes polio including paralysis/death in some patients
What is poliovirus?
100
Disease caused by Trypanosoma cruzi infection transmitted by an assassin beetle.
What is Chagas?
100
Virus that causes the flu.
What is Influenzaevirus?
100
Odd fungus that is primary indicator of AIDS due to causing pneumocystis pneumonia in immunocompromised patients.
What is Pneumocystis jirovecii?
200
Virus that causes many cruise ships to cancel the trip due to extensive food poisoning.
What is Norovirus?
200
Virus that causes viral encephalitis with behavioral changes such as reacting to liquids and snapping at others.
What is rabies virus?
200
Main route of transmission of Toxoplasma gondii.
What is cat feces?
200
Most common cause of the common cold.
What is Rhinovirus?
200
Fungi that causes Valley Fever in Southwestern US.
What is Coccidioides immitis?
300
Virus that causes chickenpox and shingles and can result in Reye's syndrome.
What is Herpes varicella-zoster?
300
Virus that causes extremely contagious skin disease that had 5 million cases a year before vaccine developed.
What is measles virus.
300
Fatal disease caused by Trypanosoma brucei infection transmitted from bite of tsetse fly.
What is African Sleeping sickness?
300
Disease caused by Coronavirus that does not result in a fever.
What is the common cold?
300
Fungi that causes meningitis in people with weakened immune systems
What is Cryptococcus neoformans?
400
Mosquito-borne virus that causes DHF, which results in most deaths of Asian children.
What is Dengue virus?
400
Virus that causes a hemorrhagic fever with 90% mortality.
What is Ebola virus?
400
Disease caused by Naegleria fowleri entering through nose.
What is meninoencephalitis?
400
Two drugs that target influenzaevirus NA spikes to inhibit viral replication.
What are Tamiflu and Relenza?
400
Fungi that causes thrush that can indicate AIDS but is also common in diabetics and infants.
What is Candida albicans?
500
Virus that causes mosquito-borne encephalitis and infection has risen steadily in the US since 1999.
What is West Nile Virus?
500
Virus with no animal reservoir that has been 'eliminated' by vaccination.
What is variola (smallpox) poxvirus?
500
Disease caused by Plasmodium falciparum.
What is Malaria?
500
Virus that can be treated with Palivizumab antibody.
What is respiratory syncytial virus?
500
Fungus that produces aflatoxin found in peanut butter and other foods.
What is Aspergillus flavus?
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