Its medical term, Varicella, is a contagious viral infection with an incubation period of 7 to 21 days. Patients usually experience an itchy rash with this type of infectious disease.
What is chickenpox?
100
This time period developed the origins of Medical Terminology.
What is the Greek and Roman (400 to 800 A.D.) time period?
100
This lives all around us. They are found in and on our bodies. You're breathing them too...
What are microorganisms?
100
Infection diseases need this to survive, multiply and thrive.
What is a host?
100
This is the condition of being resistant to pathogens and the diseases.
What is immunity?
200
This is a viral infection that primarily affects the salivary glands. This infectious disease can also cause inflammation near the ear. Ouch...
What is mumps?
200
This person is known as the "Father of Handwashing."
Who is Ignaz Semmelweis?
200
This type of pathogen is single-celled, can reproduce quickly and mostly asexual. One of its diseases is Cholera.
What is bacteria?
200
This stage begins with the first onset of symptoms. This stage is usually short, lasting one or two days.
What is the prodromal stage?
200
This has a wide variety of defenses that allow people to resist infection. (We all have one!)
What is the human body?
300
This infectious disease is a viral infection of the liver. Think ABCs...
What is Hepatitis?
300
The industrial era of this time period saw the rise of technology, pregnancies and made sure that medicine was essential to life.
What are the 18th and 19th centuries?
300
The Chickenpox is this type of pathogen type. It can only reproduce in living cells and it is acellular.
What are viruses?
300
A microorganism's disease producing power is known as this.
What is virulence?
300
These helpful cells help protect the body from infection by finding, surrounding, and digesting intruding microorganisms.
What are phagocytes?
400
This infectious disease causes a rose-colored rash due to a human herpes virus. The symptoms also include swollen lymph nodes and high fever.
What is Roseola?
400
This person quoted, "Let food be thy medicine!"... he is also the "Father of Western/Modern Medicine".
Who is Hippocrates?
400
This type of pathogen is multicellular and its reproduction can be sexual and asexual. Candidiasis is labeled as one of its diseases.
What is fungi?
400
This period sees the patient regaining their strength and normal health status.
What is the convalescent period?
400
This is a strong mechanical barrier that resists penetration.
What is skin?
500
This infectious disease, that can be caused by virus or bacteria, causes inflammation and infection of the protective coverings of the brain and spinal cord and the fluid that surrounds these tissues.
What is Meningitis?
500
This person was an Triple Threat as a poet, doctor and medical scientist and also discovered penicillin.
Who is Sir Alexander Fleming?
500
This type of pathogen is mostly asexual and single celled. Amebic dysentery is under its classification as a disease.
What are protozoans?
500
Patients are generally most contagious during this period as the infection is great and symptoms are most pronounced.
What is the invasion period?
500
This is the condition in which pathogens are absent or controlled.