Baby Germs
Little Bloodsuckers
Below the Belt
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Name that Virus
100
prevalent cause of neonatal meningitis
What is Group B Beta Strep?
100
cause of amoebic dysentery
What is Entamoeba histolytica?
100
causes a painful blister at entry point
What is Herpes simplex type II?
100
He is called the father of Bacteriology
Who was Louis Pasteur?
100
Causes mononucleosis and Burkitt's lymphoma
What is Eptstein-Barr Virus?
200
Causes severe bronchiolitis in infants
What is RSV (respiratory syncitial virus)?
200
species that causes the most severe malaria symptoms
What is Plasmodium falciparum?
200
Causes lymphogranuloma venereum
What is Chlamydia trachomatis (certain serovars, LI, L2, L2a, L3)?
200
The first natural antibiotic, discovered by accident by Alexander Fleming
What is penicillin?
200
Cause of smallpox
What is Variola major?
300
causes oral thrush
What is Candida albicans?
300
causes trichinosis
What is Trichinella spiralis (pork tapeworm)?
300
causes a painless ulcer at entry point (chancre)
What is syphilis?
300
first recorded inventor of vaccination, in 1796 used cowpox vesicle fluid to prevent smallpox
What is Edward Jenner
300
Cause of chicken pox
What is Varicella zoster?
400
causes typical "pink eye"
What is Haemophilus influenzae (or H. aegypticus)
400
causative agent of pinworms
What is Enterobius vermicularis?
400
causes the STD chancroid
What is Haemophilus ducreyi?
400
British pioneer of antiseptic surgery?
What is Joseph Lister?
400
causes German measles
What is a Rubella?
500
two organisms implicated in impetigo
What is Staph aureus and Strep pyogenes (Group A)?
500
causes Chagas' disease
What is Trypanosoma cruzi?
500
most commonly-reported bacterial STD in the USA
What is Chlamydia?
500
paralytic disease conquered by vaccines developed by Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin
What is polio?
500
causes genital warts
What is HPV (human papilloma virus)
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