Places
What restaurant was the source of a first major e-coli outbreak in the U.S.?
Jack in the Box
Who was the Dr is known as the Father of Epidemiology?
John Snow
What disease's name means "little dragon"?
Guinea Worm
Which disease was the first disease in humans to be eradicated?
Smallpox
Which disease is diagnosed through a lumbar puncture?
Meningitis
What is the ethnicity of the virologist who discovered MERS?
Egyptian
Who discovered the vaccine for rabies?
Louis Pasteur
What disease can be transmitted by your pets?
Salmonella
What disease affects chickens and other birds, often before affecting humans?
West Nile
How is Ebola spread?
Infected blood
Where was Shigella discovered?
Japan
Who was Mary Mallone and what was her occupation?
Typhoid Mary, cook
What type of mosquito transmits malaria?
Anopheles
What disease is most commonly found in India, Brazil and Indonesia today?
Leprosy
What disease can be transmitted from person to person OR mosquitos?
Zika
What diseases were first discovered in 1. Australia and 2. Yap Islands?
Buruli ulcer & Zika
Name three diseases named for the person that discovered them.
Ecoli, Shigella, Salmonella
What disease was first found in orangutans?
Chlamydia
What disease often affects the liver?
Hepatitis A
What disease causes less than 40 cases per year in the US?
Tetanus
Name three diseases named for location where they were first found.
West Nile, Zika, Nipah, MERS
Name 3 diseases that Robert Koch discovered.
Cholera, TB, Anthrax
What disease, primarily spread by animals, has a case fatality rate of above 35%?
MERS
What is the "danger zone" for food temperatures?
Between 41 and 135 degrees F
What is the acronym for the TB vaccine?
BCG