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100

What type of mosquito transmits malaria?

Anopheles

100

How many strains of polio exist?

3


100

What restaurant was the source of a first major e-coli outbreak in the U.S.?

Jack In the Box


100

What disease can be transmitted from person to person OR mosquitos?

Zika

100

What is the "danger zone" for food temperatures?

Between 41 and 135 degrees F

200

What is the name of the mosquito that transmits dengue and zika?

Aedes

200
The coronavirus caused COVID-19 and what other deadly disease?

SARS

200

Where was Shigella discovered?

Japan

200

What disease does the TDAP vaccine prevent?

Pertussis (Whooping Cough)

200

Name 2 diseases that affect neurologic areas.

Meningococcal meningitis, West Nile fever, Lyme disease, Mad Cow, Nipah virus, Marburg virus, Mpox

300

What serves as the natural reservoir for meningococcal meningitis?

Humans


300

What disease often affects the liver?

hepatitis A

300

Name three diseases named for location where they were first found.

West Nile, Zika, Nipah, Rift Valley Fever, Lyme, Legionella, Norovirus, MERS, Marburg

300

Which disease was the first disease in humans to be eradicated? 

small pox


300

Name 3 diseases that are ancient diseases that are still prevalent around the world today.

Yellow fever, Syphilis, TB, rabies, the plague, polio

400

Name 3 zoonotic diseases.

Avian Flu
Mad Cow Disease
MERS
Nipah Virus
Marburg Virus
Mpox
Hantavirus
Rift Valley Fever
West Nile Fever
Lyme Disease
Chagas Disease
Salmonella
E. coli
Tuberculosis
SARS

400

Name 3 viral diseases.
 

Norovirus, West Nile Fever, Avian Flu, Polio, Smallpox

400

In what country is the Rift Valley?

Kenya

400
How many Nobel Prizes have resulted from malaria research?

3

400

What disease was associated with BETTER living conditions in the US?

Polio

500

Squirrels are the most important host for what disease?

Mpox

500

Which two diseases on this list are caused by parasites rather than bacteria or viruses?

Malaria and Chagas Disease

500

What are four corners of US, where Hantavirus was discovered?

Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico

500

Besides through food and drink, salmonella is transmitted through what interactions?

Touching pets like turtles

500

What is the acronym for the TB vaccine?

BCG

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