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I Have WHAT??
Hostess with the Mostest
What's in a Name
Secret agents
100
High fever, malaise, fatigue
What are early symptoms of smallpox?
100
Inhalation (with an 80% rate of mortality)
What is the most fatal mode of transmission for anthrax?
100
Bacillus anthracis
What is the name of the bacteria that causes anthrax
100
Administered with a a two-pronged needle dipped into the vaccine and pierced into the skin 15 times
What is the smallpox vaccine?
200
boil like skin lesions with black,(eschar) centers
What is a symptom of cutaneous anthrax poisoning?
200
skin, wool and meat of animals as well as humans
What can be a host of the anthrax bacterium?
200
Variola virus
What is the name of the virus that causes smallpox?
200
Antiviral medications
What is sometimes used in the treatment of smallpox?
300
vomiting of blood
What is a symptom of gastrointestinal anthrax poisoning
300
able to survive in harsh conditions for decades or even centuries.
What are anthrax spores?
300
Developer of the smallpox vaccine
Who is Edward Jenner?
300
not recommended for civilian use due to the relatively high rate of adverse reactions, including fatalities and autoimmune diseases
What is the anthrax vaccine?
400
massive chest edema, followed by cardiovascular shock
What is a symptom of inhalation anthrax poisoning
400
face-to-face contact, direct contact with contaminated fluids and objects, and rarely, through the air
What is the mode of transmission of smallpox?
400
must be administered in multiple doses over an 18-month period prior to an attack to be effective
What is the anthrax vaccine?
500
small red spots on the tongue and in the mouth
What is a symptom of smallpox
500
does not spread directly from one infected animal or person to another; it is spread by spores
What is the mode of transmission of anthrax
500
vaccination among the American public stopped in the 1970's after the disease was eradicated in the United States
What is the smallpox vaccine?