Infectious Disease
Quiz
What Do You Know?
| 1. What is the number one global killer? | ||
| a. Circulatory diseases b. Infectious diseases c. Cancer | ||
| 2. Which infectious disease kills the most people worldwide? | ||
| a. Acute lower respiratory infections b. Dengue fever c. Tuberculosis | ||
| 3. In an average season, how many people die of the flu nationwide? | ||
| a. 200 b. 2,000 c. 20,000 | ||
| 4. To date, how many cases of Ebola virus have been reported? | ||
| a. 1,096 b. 10,096 c. 100,096 | ||
| 5. Antibiotics are effective against: | ||
| a. Bacterial infections b. Viral infections c. Both | ||
| 6. What is a common disease in parts of Latin America, Africa, and Asia due to inadequate treatment of sewage and drinking water? | ||
| a. Ebola b. Cholera c. Lassa Fever | ||
| 7. E.coli 0157:H7, which can cause severe bloody diarrhea and abdominal cramps, is transmitted by what method? | ||
| a. Vector transmission (organism like animals, insects) b. Air transmission c. Food transmission | ||
| 8. In the U.S., which childhood diseases have been significantly reduced due to vaccine programs? | ||
| a. Measles, rubella, and polio b. AIDS, smallpox, and the common cold c. Polio, AIDS, and chicken pox | ||
| 9. How many people have been infected with HIV since the pandemicıs onset? | ||
| a. 4.2 million b. 42 million c. 84 million | ||
| 10. What region of the world accounts for 83% of the worldıs AIDS deaths? In this region, what is the most common method of HIV transmission? | ||
| a. Sub-Saharan Africa; heterosexual intercourse b. North America; homosexual intercourse c. Europe; intravenous drug use | ||
Source: The Fred Friendly Seminars and the American Museum of Natural History. Epidemic! A Fred Friendly Seminar is a co-production of The Fred Friendly Seminars at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and the American Museum of Natural History in association with Thirteen/WNET in New York.
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