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Historical Diseases

100

Chinese and Egyptian writings noted this disease in their accounts of human death

What is Smallpox?

200

This disease will leave it's "mark" on your skin if it doesn't kill you.

What is Smallpox?

300

The 14th century saw this plague sweep through Europe killing 20 million peeple.

What is the Bubonic Plague?

400

This virus is associated with a stigma that rejected many people due to their sexual orientation.

What is AIDS?

500

This 1918 pandemic killed approximately 50 million people.

What is the Spanish Flu?

Cause of Disease

100

This infectious disease cause gives off toxins causing cell death or injury.

What are bacteria?

200

I cause infections when I multiply in warm, moist places.

What is a Fungus?

300

I need a host to hijack and multiply.

What is a virus?

400

I can move through fluids and tissues.

What are protozoans?

500

This microorganisms usually travels the entire intestinal tract.

What is a Helminth?

All About Bacteria

100

A bacterial shape defined as circular.

What is a cocci?

200

I look like a long string of sausages.

What is Streptobacillus?

300

I have a ton of lipid containing "parts" in my cell wall?

What is gram - bacteria?

400

I am more likely to be found in the gut or intestines because I don't like Oxygen?

What is anaerobic bacteria?

500

I have a thicker peptidoglycan wall and love the color purple.

What is a gram + bacteria?

Infections

100

I commonly infect this organ system enterically.

What is a helminth?

200

This mode of transmission happens in a healthcare setting.

What is nosocomial?

300

This term describes an infectious diseases ability to be transmitted?

What is communicability?

400

If I cause a significant immune response in my host, I have a higher degree of this factor.

What is virulence?

500

Beware, I am an object that can "harbor" infections.

What is a fomite?

Miscellaneous

100

I get my energy from preformed organic nutrients.

What are heterotrophic bacteria?

200

I manifest as a ring-like structure and can be transmitted from household pets.

What is ringworm?

300

I commonly cause an extremely sore throat especially in school age children.

What is strep throat?

400

I hatch my larva in the intestines and my offspring will cause extreme itching.

What are pinworms or helminth?

500

I am a forever virus that may cause oral cancer in older adults.

What is HPV?