Emergent and Resurgent Disease Quotes from the reading Cholera Ebola AIDS and TB
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Emerging Infectious Disease
What does EID Stand for?
100
United States
"Disease that appear not to threaten the _____ ______ directly rarely elicit the political support necessary to maintain control efforts"
100
South Asia
Cholera can be traced back to this region of the world
100
West Africa
What region of Africa was Ebola first observed in?
100
Multi-drug-resistant Tuberculosis
What does MDRTB stand for?
200
Resurgent Infectious Disease
What is the term used for an old disease that show an increase in recent incidence?
200
Infectious
In 1969 the US Surgeon General announced to congress that it was "time to close the book on ______ disease as a major health threat"
200
Drinking Water or Water
how is Cholera transmitted?
200
A fruit bat
What animal was the disease expected to be transmitted from?
200
Extremely Multi-drug-resistant Tuberculosis
What does XMDRTB stand for?
300
antibiotics or vaccines
Name one of the mid 20th century innovations that was thought to be the end of infectious disease
300
Climate
______ Change is one factor that interacts with a variety of ongoing processes that influence disease spread
300
False
True or False, rising water temperatures reduce the spread of Cholera
300
True
True or false there was an Ebola vaccine created?
300
homosexuals, hemophiliacs, Haitians, and Heroin Addicts
Name one of the groups of AIDS patients in the "4-Hs" who suffered stigmatization
400
antibiotic
In recent history we have observed more and more cases of _________ resistant strains of infectious disease
400
Cholera
______ is considered a resurgent disease, and its spread is very much tied to human activities
400
Lowest
Haiti ranks the ______ of all countries in water security according to the Water Poverty Index
400
health care
Ebola was a prime case to show the need for investment towards proper ______ _______ infrastructure
400
Monkey
The current consensus is that HIV was exposed to humans through infected ________ blood while butchering hunted animals over the past century
500
1 passenger
In the reading there was a case where 70% of an airplane had become infected with influenza, what number of passengers had the active infection before the flight?
500
Poverty
What most TB patients have in common, regardless of their nationality, is ________
500
European Descent

-gene related to cystic fibrosis
It is hypothesized that the decedents of this continent have a genetic adaptation to Cholera
500
burial ceremony
What type cultural ceremony greatly continued the spread of the infection within Western Africa?
500
$10,000
The quoted price for a years worth of the multi drug AIDS therapy costs ________ dollars in the United States






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