What is the most deadly disease in history?
A) Small Pox
B) Bubonic Plague
C) HIV
D) Malaria
D) Malaria.
100
Who is the discoverer of Radium and Polonium and also created some of the first x-rays that were used in WW1?
A. James Blundell
B. Albert Einstein
C. Alexander Fleming
D. Marie Curie
D. Marie Curie
100
Who is the "father of western medicine"?
A. Plato
B. Sigmund Freud
c. Hippocrates
D. Marie Curie
C. Hippocrates
100
___/10 people die due to Ebola-Zaire.
9
100
What is the definition of Eradication?
To get rid of; to eliminate.
200
When was the first heart transplant?
A. 1967
B. 1960
C. 1975
D. 1976
A. 1967
200
What was the deadliest thing in wartime hospitals?
Infection
200
Who was the first person to study and discover Ebola?
Johnathon Towner
200
10% of the infected Malaria patients are infected with Falciparum Malaria. What percentage of these patients die due to brain infection?
A) 25%
B) 45%
C) 35%
D)80%
D) 80%
200
Define the word Vaccine.
A vaccine is a portion of a pathogens structure, not capable of severe infection. White blood cells fight the pathogen and gain resistance.
300
What did Columbus bring back from the Americas to Europe?
A. AIDS
B. Syphilis
C. Gonorrhea
D. Smallpox
B. Syphilis
300
What technology was made in the past 10 years that allowed paraplegics to walk?
Bionic limbs
300
Who was the first doctor to successfully separate conjoined twins?
A) Edward Jenner
B)Alexander Fleming
C) Ben Carson
D) Henry Gray
C) Ben Carson
300
There was 13602 laboratory confirmed cases of Ebola in 2014. How many people died?
A) 10,005
B)4,025
C)2,550
D)8,675
D) 8,675 people have died in the last year
300
What is the definition of an epidemic?
A. A disease that is localized to a certain region.
B. A disease that is spread world-wide.
A. A disease that is localized to a certain region.
400
What year did Ebola appear first?
A) 1982
B)1976
C)2003
D)1994
B) 1976
400
Who discovered the X-ray in 1895?
A) Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen
B) Alexander Fleming
A) Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen
400
What does "CDC" stand for and where the headquarters located?
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the headquarters is located in Atlanta.
400
In what decade was Smallpox eradicated?
A)1960's
B)1970's
C)1980's
D)1990's
C) 1983 is when Smallpox was officially eradicated.
400
What is the definition of a pandemic?
A. A disease that has been spread world-wide.
B. A disease that is local to a certain area or region.
A. A disease that has been spread world-wide.
500
When was the first vaccine created?
A) 1902
B)1849
C)1872
D)1796
D) 1796
500
What is the problem with antibiotics?
Must explain what antibiotic resistance is...
500
Who was the Mayo clinic named after?
A)William James Mayo
B)Tom Mayor
C)Luke Mays
D)Johnathon Mayonnaise
A) William James Mayo
500
What virus has symptoms similar to Ebola? There has been no cure for this virus as well.