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True or false: There is no vaccine for HPV.
False: the vaccine is available and very effective.
True or false: There is no vaccine for EBV (Epstein-Barr virus).
True: there is no vaccine yet.
The term "drug resistance" means what in regard to disease treatment?
a. the disease requires more drugs to cure
b. the disease cannot be cured by a specific drug anymore because it has been used too much
c. the drug causes disease when it is taken
b. this is common with antibiotics -- the bacteria are no longer killed by the drug and are therefore ineffective.
True or false: Blood transfusions are the most common method of spreading HIV.
Which of the following diseases is most deadly?
a. seasonal flu
b. HIV
c. Mad Cow disease
c. Mad Cow disease, unlike the other infections, can neither be cured nor treated and always ends in death of the patient.
HPV and HIV are similar in the sense that they both spread mainly via __________ contact.
Sexual
What is the main vector (cause of spread) for malaria?
The bites of female mosquitoes.
True or false: Prion diseases are always caused by eating contaminated food.
False: the diseases can spread randomly, during medical procedures, or via inheritance.
The prion disease called "Spongiform Encephalopathy" makes which organ look like a sponge?
a. brain
b. lungs
c. heart
d. kidneys
a. brain -- it is a neuro-degenerative disease, meaning it mainly attacks the brain
Ebola virus infections are most common in what part of the world?
a. North America
b. Southeast Asia
c. Western and Central Africa
d. South America
c.
15-20% of ________ are linked to viral infections.
Cancers
True or false: There is only one main deadly strain of tuberculosis.
False: there are a few deadly strains, making it more difficult to treat.
Tuberculosis mainly affects which organ?
a. the heart
b. the liver
c. the brain
d. the lungs
d. the lungs
"Break-bone fever" is a common nickname for what disease?
Dengue fever
Prion diseases, such as Mad Cow and Creutzfeldt-Jakob, are most common in which demographic?
a. children and adolescents (0-18)
b. young adults (19-30)
c. middle-aged adults (31-55)
d. the elderly (55+)
d. chances of getting a prion disease increase with age
Creuzfeldt-Jakob and Mad Cow are both examples of what kind of disease?
Prion disease
Misfolded proteins are the cause of what bizarre type of disease?
Prion diseases
True or false: Rabies is a prion disease.
False: It is not a type of prion disease.
Which is not a similarity between dengue fever and malaria?
a. They are both caused by the bites of mosquitoes
b. They are both caused by viruses
c. They are both common in tropical or subtropical regions.
b. Dengue is caused by a virus whereas malaria is caused by a parasite
AIDS is caused by which viral infection?
a. HIV
b. HPV
c. Malaria
d. Dengue fever
a. HIV
More than 95% of all cervical cancer cases are caused by what viral infection?
HPV (Human Papilloma Virus)
True or false: Herpes, tuberculosis, and HPV are all types of viral infections.
False: Tuberculosis is caused by a bacterium.
Which is not an effective treatment and/or prevention for/against tuberculosis.
a. antiviral medications
b. vaccines
c. antibiotics
a. Antiviral medications will not work against bacterial infections.
Anemia and jaundice are both symptoms of which disease?
a. Malaria
b. HPV
c. EBV
d. HIV
a. Malaria
What is the difference between an epidemic and a pandemic?
Epidemic --> an outbreak of a disease within a confined area (such as a country or region)
Pandemic --> an outbreak of disease that affects the entire world