Pathogens
This virus causes chickenpox.
What is Varicella zoster virus?
This person is regarded as the “Father of Epidemiology”
Who is John Snow?
This city is home to the World Health Organization headquarters
What is Geneva, Switzerland?
Abbreviated as ORT, this is the primary treatment for cholera
What is oral rehydration therapy?
There are an estimated 2 million rats in this U.S. city
What is New York, NY
MRSA stands for this
What is methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus
The process for heating liquids to kill harmful bacteria is named for this French scientist.
Who is Louis Pasteur?
Which state had the first, underground public water system between 1744 - 1750?
What is Pennsylvania?
DOPT is used to assure adherence to tuberculosis tratment regimens
What is directly-observed patient therapy?
Scientist who was the first to visualize the double helix of DNA using x-ray crystallography
Who is Rosalind Franklin?
This protozoan causes “Beaver fever”
What is Giardia lamblia
This person is credited for the discovery of penicillin.
Who is Alexander Fleming?
This state was the first to ban indoor smoking in restaurants
What is California?
Dr. juthani is the President-Elect of ASTHO
What is the Association of State And Territorial Health Officials?
Food poisoning from consumption of reheated rice is often associated with enterotoxin produced by this pathogen.
What is Bacillus cereus?
First woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her work on radiation
Who is Marie Curie?
This country is considered the birthplace of modern quarantine practices (14th century)
What is Italy?
MUPS are located across Connecticut
What is Medically Underserved Populatios?
Which parasitic worm can be transmitted by freshwater snails?
What is schistosoma?
The first female U.S. Surgeon General
Who is Dr. Antonia Novella?
This state has 115 Superfund sites as of June 2024
What is New Jersey?
EMTALA ensures public access to emergency services regardless of ability to pay
What is the Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act?