Symptoms
What are symptoms related to the inflammatory response?
Swelling, redness, elevated body temperature, and pain
What is Malaria cause by?
A mosquito bite carrying a protozoan
What does the federal government mandate?
Sewage treatment
What is the leading cause of death in underdeveloped countries?
Infectious Disease
Which disease affects the joints, heart, and nervous system?
Lyme disease
Which symptoms are related to West Nile Virus?
Fever, headache, body aches, and fatigue weeks to months after exposure
What is Legionnaire's disease?
A bacterial infection
What are the three divisions of DHHS?
NIH, FDA, and CDC
What are natural defense mechanisms?
Mucous, nasal secretions, tears, and saliva
Where does the pathogen for tetanus live?
In the soil
Blood tinged cough, weight loss, and night sweats are signs of what disease? And what is it treated with?
TB and Rifampin
Chicken pox, influenza, and measles are what type of transmission?
Airborne
What does bacteria use to reproduce quickly? And what are bacterial infections treated with?
Binary Fission and antibiotics
What is an example of a food safety program?
Milk Pasteurization
When was Smallpox eradicated?
1977
What signs are associated with Helminths?
Abdominal pain and diarrhea
Which disease is associated with under-cooked meat?
Trichinosis
The fear or autism has caused what?
A decline of vaccination rates
What is herd immunity?
The more people vaccinated, the more people protected from the disease
What is the types of vaccination given for chicken pox? What is the name?
Attenuated and Acyclovir
What is vertical transmission?
A viral transmission from mother to her offspring
Which two diseases can one obtain an opportunistic infection (secondary infection) from?
HIV and Pneumocystis
What is acquired immunity?
The body becoming resistant to disease after vaccination
What does it mean if an infection is not virulent?
It is not likely to spread
How is rabies spread?
Direct contact (animals to humans)