Rash Decisions
Puts one of the M's in MMR. This extremely contagious illness typically presents with a 4-days of fever, cough, coryza, conjunctivitis, followed by a descending maculopapular rash.
Measles (Rubeola)
This disease, once eradicated globally in 1980, was caused by the variola virus
Smallpox
Wildfire virus is the cause of the zombie outbreak in this popular TV series.
What is The Walking Dead
It’s the primary route of transmission for norovirus
What is the fecal-oral route?
This virus first identified in Wuhan, China can live on surfaces for days.
What is COVID-19
Coxsackievirus causes this common childhood illness that presents with fever, sore throat, and a blistering rash. It's cheating if we tell you where the rash appears.
This tick-borne illness is caused by Rickettsia rickettsii and is characterized by fever, rash, and a history of tick exposure in the southeastern and south-central U.S:
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
This fictional wizarding disease supposedly kept Ron Weasley from going back to Hogwarts in The Deathly Hallows
What is Spattergroit
It’s another name for norovirus infection
What is Norwalk, winter vomiting disease, stomach flu, viral gastroenteritis? (would accept any of those)
In 2010, Haiti experienced its first modern large-scale outbreak of this disease following a 7.0 magnitude earthquake.
What is Cholera
Sore throat, strawberry tongue, and rash. This bacterial illness can cause long-term health consequences if not treated properly.
What is strep throat, scarlett Fever
This disease is caused by a Mycobacterium species and primarily affects the lungs, often presenting with a cough and night sweats
Tuberculsis
This video game and TV series imagines a postapocalyptic world ravaged by a fungal pandemic caused by a Cordyceps species.
What is The Last of Us
This is the desired specimen for testing for norovirus infection
What is stool?
In 1993 the largest documented waterborne disease outbreak occurred in Milwaukee and was attributed to this parasite.
What is cryptosporidium
Parvovirus B19
This zoonotic bacterial disease is transmitted via inhalation of aerosolized particles from animal birth products and is caused by Coxiella burnetiid
Q fever
Look out for compression sickness, slug pox, vigorous measles and enthusiastic double gonorrhea when you are navigating floors in this book series.
What is Dungeon Crawler Carl
The CDC program that assists the cruise industry in preventing and controlling public health issues
What is the Vessel Sanitation Program?
This disease caused by the Kissing Bug is responsible for outbreaks in Latin America each year.
What is Chagas disease
First described by three German scientists, this typically mild viral illness is the leading cause of vaccine-preventable birth defects worldwide.
German Measles/Rubella
A contagious skin infestation caused my tiny mites. It leads to intense itching and pimple-like rash, often accompanied by small burrows in the skin. Spreads easily through close contact, and often causes outbreaks in jails and nursing homes
Scabies
Trashcan Man, Tom Cullen, and Nadine Cross did not get infected with Sargent Trips in this epic Steven King novel published in 1978.
What is The Stand
Norwalk virus was named after the like named American city in this state
What is Ohio?
Over 900 members of the Peoples Temple died in Guyana after consuming this poison in 1978.
What is cyanide