PLTW PBS Lesson 3.1

People who study disease outbreaks are

• epidemiologists

• entomologists

• paleontologiests

• forensic anthropologists

An infection that has spread across continents and affects a large number of people is referred to as

• pandemic

• endemic

• outbreak

• epidemic

A _________infection is one that patients acquire at a hospital.

• pandemic

• endemic

• outbreak

• nosocomial

A sudden increase in the occurrence of a disease in an area is

• outbreak

• pandemic

• endemic

• nosocomial

A disease perpetually seen in a specific area is

• endemic

• outbreak

• pandemic

• nosocomia

Organisms that cause infectious disease are called

• pathogens

• antibodies

• hosts

• nosocomial

Nonliving agents that contain either DNA or RNA

• viruses

• protists

• bacteria

• prions

Athlete's foot and ringworm is caused by this infectious agent

• helminths

• protists

• bacteria

• fungi

Parasitic worms that cause infection

• protists

• fungi

• prions

• helminths

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Non-living proteins that cause infection

• prions

• viruses

• protists

• helminths