Day 5 - Pathogens, Epidemics and Pandemics - EOG Review

Communicable diseases are

• not contagious
• conditions that people are born with
• passed from one person to another
• caused through hereditary factors

What do viruses need to reproduce?

• they need genetic material
• They need a host cell
• They need  bacteria
• They need insulin

Why do doctors suggest that people get a flu vaccine each year?

• Viruses replicate more rapidly over time.

• Viruses can mutate from year to year.

• Vaccines are absorbed by the body after a year.

• Vaccines get stronger over time.

Jill got a case of chicken pox when she was three years old. After she got it, Jill's sister came down with chicken pox. What is chicken pox?

• an immune disorder

• an infectious disease

• a noninfectious disease

• a type of egg

Which pathogen is treated with antibiotics?

• virus

• bacteria

• parasite

• fungi

Malaria is an infectious disease that can be acquired when a mosquito carrying the protist Plasmodium falciparum bites a human. In the transmission of malaria, which of the following is the disease vector?

• the malaria illness

• the protist Plasmodium falciparum

• the person

• the mosquito

Disease occurrence with widespread (worldwide) spread.

• Pandemic

• Epidemic

• Endemic

Which example best illustrates a pandemic?

• In the late 1400’s, native populations were almost wiped out by European diseases.

• In 1854, cholera spread through London, killing 12.5% of the population.

• The Hong Kong Influenza caused a million people worldwide in 1968.

• Last year, seasonal flu was responsible for thousands of deaths in the United States.

Occurs when an infectious disease spreads rapidly to many people in one region.

• Epidemic
• Outbreak
• Pandemic
• HIV/AIDs

The term pandemic normally is used to indicate a far _________ number of people affected and to a much __________ region being affected than an epidemic.

• Higher, Larger
• Larger, Higher
• Higher, Smaller
• Smaller, Higher