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What disease is mostly found in the "belt" and where in the world is it?
Meningitis, Africa
What disease caused microcephaly, or small heads, in babies?
Zika
What disease used to be called "the Fowl Plague?"
Avian Flu
What deadly disease appeared for 4 months primarily in Asia and then disappeared?
SARS
Who developed the first polio vaccine?
Jonas Salk
What disease has a strain known as "Andes Virus"?
Hantavirus
What 2 diseases are primarily spread through bats?
Nipah Virus & Marburg virus
What disease used to be called Pontiac Fever?
Legionellosis
What 3 vectors does the LA County Vector Control Agency focus on?
black fly, midge, mosquitoes
What 3 STIs are reportable in LA County?
syphilis, gonorrhea, HIV
Where was the first recorded outbreak of Zika?
Yap Islands
What disease causes sponge-like brain tissue?
Mad Cow
What disease used to be called Norwalk Disease?
Norovirus
What disease caused an unexpected outbreak in South Korea?
MERS
Who developed the vaccine for rabies and anthrax?
Louis Pasteur
Where was the first recorded outbreak of Yellow Fever?
Barbados
What disease often results from hospitals and care homes?
MRSA
Tuberculosis
What 2 diseases are related to variola?
Smallpox and Mpox
What disease was discovered due to handling African green monkeys imported from Uganda?
Marburg
Where did the father of modern epidemiology do his investigation of cholera and what is his name?
London, John Snow
What disease affects the heart/lungs in the US but the liver in Asia?
Hantavirus
What country is the West Nile Virus named for?
Uganda
Water stored within what temperature range (°C) creates ideal conditions for Legionella growth?
20-50 C
What 2 diseases did Albert Kapikian discover?
Norovirus and Hep A