Disease Cards BMT1

The agency that is responsible for determining if a food or drug is safe and effective enough to be sold to the public.

• FDA

• OSHA

• DHHS

• NIH

bacterial infection transmitted by ticks; causes rash, fever, fatigue, andpotential to spread to the heart, joints, and nervous system if left untreated

• Influenza

• West Nile Virus

• Lyme's Disease

• Legionanaire's Disease

A highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever, weakness, and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs; has been eradicated since 1980 and a vaccine is no longer given

• Smallpox

• Polio

• Whooping Cough

• Schistosomiasis

viral infection caused by the virus "Varicella zoster"; attenuated vaccine available; airborne; treated via antiviral medication such as Acylovir

• Malaria

• HIV

• Chickenpox

• Measles

A virus that attacks and destroys the human immune system; leads to AIDS if not treated; no cure but treatment available

• Hepatatis B

• Mad Cow Disease

• Lyme Disease

• HIV

Helminith means:

• worm

• prion

• bacterial infection

• virus

bacteria that affects the lungs causing a very severe form of pneumonia;spread via droplets of water or inhalation

• Smallpox

• Tuberculosis

• Legionnaires disease

• Schistosomiasis

Helminth infection acquired from contact with water containing infected snails.

• Schistosomiasis

• Measles

• Meningitis

• Mad Cow Disease

highly contagious, acute viral respiratory illness that now has a vaccine; causes total body skin rash and fever along with breathing difficulty; no longer; has not originated in the US since 2000, but many outbreaks from foreign travelers

• Tubercuolsis

• Whooping Cough

• Trichinosis

• Measles

inflammation of the liver, which is transmitted sexually or by exposure to contaminated blood or body fluids; vaccine available

• West Nile Virus

• Trichinosis

• Hepatitis B

• Rabies