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Transmission
Contagion
Disease
Immunizations
Types of Diseases
100
Syphillis is an example of what kind of transmission?
Sexually transmitted
100
How did the disease spread?
Through contact
100
What type of disease can you get from drinking contaminated water?
Cholera
100
What is a vaccine?
Stimulates body's own immune system to protect against future infection or disease
100
What are the two categories of diseases?
Communicable and non-communicable
200
Eating contaminated meat is an example of what kind of transmission?
Food borne
200
What type of people went into insulation and what type of people went into quarantine?
Sick in isolation and exposed in quarantine
200
What disease can you get from mosquito bites?
West Nile Virus
200
What is herd immunity?
Vaccinating most of the population to protect the weaker ones who can't be immunized
200
Can a disease be transmissable and non-communicable?
No
300
West Nile is an example of what kind of transmission?
Insect borne
300
What was forsythia?
The homeopathic treatment
300
What STI, if left untreated, will cause you to go crazy?
Syphillis
300
What can happen when people choose not to be vaccinated?
Various
300
How is osteoperosis a disease and a broken leg is not?
Osteoperosis is the bones not functioning properly, breaking a leg from falling isn't
400
Cholera is an example of what type of transmission?
Water borne
400
What happened when the vaccine became available?
People started fighting each other for the vaccine
400
What STI, if left untreated, can make you go blind?
Chlamydia
400
What shot do you need to get in the after you have some exposure to dirt in an open wound?
Tetanus
400
What is the vector for rabies?
any mammal
500
What type of transmission is it when feces enters the mouth?
Fecal-oral transmission
500
What was the initial spread of the disease to the woman played by Gwyneth Paltrow? (5 in total)
Banana - bat - pig - chef - woman
500
What disease can you get from ticks?
Lime disease
500
What 3 things does the MMR vaccine prevent against?
Mumps, measles, rubella
500
What is a pathogen?
Bacteria, virus or microorganism that can cause a disease