Disease AKA names
The Rona
What is SARS-CoV2 or coronavirus?
Lyme disease
What disease does Borrelia burgdorferi cause?
inactivated poliovirus vaccine developed
When is 1952?
EXTRA: Who did it? And where was he/she born?
Broad Street, London 1854
When was the famous UK cholera outbreak?
Orchitis
What can mumps cause?
Pott's disease
What is Tuberculosis of the spine?
Psittacosis
What does Chlamydia psittaci cause?
Discovery of Penicillin, world's first antibiotic
When is 1928?
Extra: By whom and where?
Bellevue-Stratford Hotel, Philadelphia, PA 1976
When was the first reported Legionnaires outbreak?
Spasms of swallowing muscles
What can rabies cause?
Extra:
Beaver Fever
What is giardia?
Q fever
What does Coxiella burnetii cause?
WHO certified global eradication of smallpox
When was 1980?
Extra: when was the last naturally occurring case?
West Africa, 2013-2016
When was the recent Ebola epidemic?
Contraction of facial muscles
What can tetanus cause?
The Great Imitator
What is syphillis?
Gonorrhoea
What does Neisseria gonorrhoeae cause?
Inverse care law first proposed
When is 1971?
Extra: Who proposed it?
Global - starting in Kansas, USA 1918-1920
What is the Great Influenza pandemic? (or Spanish flu)
Extra: What was the strain?
Droopy eyelids
What can Botulism cause?
Woolsorter's disease
What is Anthrax?
Tularemia
What does Francisella tularensis cause?
Pasteurisation developed
When was 1864?
Extra: Who formalised the process and on what substance?
Europe, 1346-1353
What is the bubonic plague pandemic? (or Black Death)
Extra: name of the bacterium?
inflammation of the eye (conjunctivitis, uveitis)
What can Leptospirosis cause?