Rectal prolapse is a potential complication in children resulting from straining during defecation with infection of this nematode.
What is Trichuris Trichiura (whipworm)?
100
Blackwater fever is caused by this.
What is Plasmodium falciparum?
100
Causes herpangina.
What is Coxsackievirus.
100
Infection with this virus is a leading cause of corneal blindness in the US.
What is Herpes Simplex Virus-1?
100
The Turing Award is the highest award giving for achievement in this field.
What is Computer Science?
200
Infection is associated with damage to the biliary tract and the development of cholangiocarcinoma.
What is Clonorchis sinensis?
200
Infection with different species results in dermal, mucocutaneous, and visceral forms of the disease.
What is Leishmania spp?
200
Infection leads to severe hemorrhage and renal failure.
What is Hantavirus?
200
Infection results in the successive appearance of macules, papules, vesicles, and crusts all seen simultaneously.
What is Varicella-zoster virus?
200
An interview of this person in a Russian magazine recently stating that R-Patz and K-Stew are a couple was confirmed as fabricated.
Who is Emma Watson?
300
Infection is acquired by consuming cysts in undercooked contaminated pork.
What is Trichinella Spiralis.
300
Can destroy the myenteric plexus, resulting in megaesophagus and megacolon.
What is Trypanosoma cruzi?
300
Retrovirus that causes oncogenic transformation of CD4+T cells.
What is Human T-cell lymphotropic virus-1 (HTLV-1)
300
Reactivation of latent viral infection in immunocompromised patients can result in Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy.
What is JC virus?
300
The most points scored by the WVU Mountaineers in this sport was set in 1915 against the Marshall Thundering Herd, scoring 92 points.
What is Football?
400
Infection results in subcutaneous "caliber" swellings and can be seen migrating across the eye beneath the conjuctiva. (Not the black goo from X-files.)
What is Loa loa. (Watch out for them mango flies.)
400
Transmitted by the tsetse fly, this protozoa causes African sleeping sickness, characterized by cyclic fevers, encephalitis, slurred speech, and somnolence.
What is Trypanosoma brucei?
400
Infection can result in orchitis, which can lead to sterility.
What is Mumps virus?
400
Causes cranberry-pigmented lesions on AIDS patients.
What is Herpes virus 8?
400
The Hippocratic oath is sworn to this god, the Healer.
Who is Apollo?
500
Infection of the bladder is associated with the development of squamous cell carcinoma of the bladder.
What is Schistosoma hematobium?
500
The only common pathogenic protozoa of the small intestine. Hikers' hell.
What is Giardia lamblia.
500
Leading cause of croup.
What is Parainfluenza virus?
500
Infection of keratinitzed tissue results in the formation of warts on the hands and feet.
What is HPV?
500
Of hospitals or students, the National Residency Matching Program algorithm is designed to be optimal for this group.
Who are the students? (The algorithm is provably student-optimal. So cheer up.)