Infectious Diseases

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Instructions: Test your knowledge of infectious diseases throughout history!

1.
What pandemic killed an estimated 50-100 million people worldwide in 1918-1919?
A
Typhus
B
Bubonic plague
C
The Spanish Flu
D
Cholera
2.
What insect is the primary carrier of malaria?
A
Tsetse fly
B
Flea
C
Mosquito
D
Tick
3.
The Black Death, which devastated Europe in the 14th century, was caused by what?
A
Contaminated water
B
A virus
C
A fungus
D
The bacterium Yersinia pestis
4.
Which disease was known as the 'White Plague' due to the pallor of its victims?
A
Tuberculosis
B
Smallpox
C
Cholera
D
Leprosy
5.
What type of pathogen causes influenza (the flu)?
A
Virus
B
Parasite
C
Bacteria
D
Fungus
6.
What disease did John Snow trace to a contaminated water pump in London in 1854?
A
Dysentery
B
Yellow fever
C
Typhoid
D
Cholera
7.
What is the name of the virus that causes AIDS?
A
HBV
B
HIV
C
HSV
D
HPV
8.
Which disease, transmitted by the tsetse fly, is also known as 'sleeping sickness'?
A
Dengue fever
B
African trypanosomiasis
C
Malaria
D
Leishmaniasis
9.
What disease did the antibiotic penicillin first effectively treat?
A
Bacterial infections like staphylococcal infections
B
Malaria
C
Tuberculosis
D
Viral pneumonia
10.
Rabies is transmitted to humans primarily through what?
A
Airborne droplets
B
Animal bites
C
Insect bites
D
Contaminated food
11.
What is the term for when enough people in a population are immune to a disease, protecting those who are not?
A
Herd immunity
B
Cross-immunity
C
Active resistance
D
Natural selection
12.
Which tropical disease, transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, causes severe joint pain and is called 'breakbone fever'?
A
Chikungunya
B
Zika
C
Dengue fever
D
West Nile virus
13.
What is the difference between an epidemic and a pandemic?
A
An epidemic lasts longer
B
They are the same thing
C
An epidemic is more deadly
D
A pandemic spreads across multiple countries or continents
14.
What disease, once called 'consumption,' was the leading cause of death in the 19th century?
A
Cholera
B
Smallpox
C
Typhoid fever
D
Tuberculosis
15.
What is antibiotic resistance?
A
When antibiotics expire
B
When viruses become stronger
C
When bacteria evolve to survive antibiotic treatment
D
When people are allergic to antibiotics

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