Exam 10: Infectious Disease and Epidemiology

Amoebic dysentery is caused by a prion.

Mad cow disease is caused by a _________________.

The WHO has plans to eradicate this virus using vaccination programs.

The more virulent form of Influenza is subtype __________.

Because there is no cure for AIDS, prevention is the key to controlling its spread.

One third of the world's population is infected with _________ at any one time.

This virus, which causes flu-like symptoms, can attack the nervous system.

What is AIDS?

Europeans were assisted in their conquest of the Americas by:

What is labeled A in this picture?

Shifts in global climate may trigger the next epidemic of _____ .

The only structural level of organization that is correct in a prion is the _____________ structure.

Why are fungal infections difficult to treat?

Antibiotics are not as effective at treating bacterial disease as they once were because some strains of bacteria have evolved to resist the action of antibiotics.

Looking at the transmission pattern is shown here, identify the virus that has caused one of the most frightening epidemics of the twenty first century.

Educating and empowering women is a key strategy in slowing a pandemic that is undoing decades of hard-won economic progress in poor countries.

The Spanish flu is considered to have been a __________ since it traveled the globe.

Describe how epidemiologists use the scientific method.

How is TB transmitted between people?

Which of the following is a way to contract HIV?