Famous figures in ID
Led NIAID and government response to COVID-19
Who is Dr. Anthony Fauci?
Money saved per immunization (each dollar spent saves___)
What is $52?
Only eradicated infectious disease
What is smallpox?
Number of cases of HIV "cured"
What is 7?
Created the first functional vaccine
Who is Edward Jenner?
The year of the "first" vaccination
What is 1796?
Disease which killed the most people
What is bubonic plague?
Term for hospital-associated infections
What are nosocomial infections?
"The Lady with the Lamp". Instituted strict hygiene practices and reduced infectious disease death rates
Who is Florence Nightingale?
Vaccine types (how many)
What is 6?
Human "mad cow disease" caused by a prion
What is Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease?
Disease with highest mortality rate
What is rabies? (99.9% after symptoms appear)
Famous physician and "plague doctor" in the 1500's
Who is Nostradamus?
Number of effective vaccines (human disease)
What is 33?
Most common infectious disease in the US
What is chlamydia? (~1.7 million cases)
Gait type commonly seen in polio patients
What is Trendelenburg gait?
First woman to become the director of the CDC (2002-2009)
Who is Dr. Julie Gerberding?
Number of lives saved by vaccines (since 1974)
What is at least 154 million?
Devastating and rare complication of measles infection
What is subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE)?
Number of pathogens that can cause human infectious disease
What is 1407 (about 1400)?