Tamara Dominas
How much do you know about the world’s best-known diseases? Only 1 in 50 get all the points. Is the Ebola virus a serious, often fatal disease in humans? If you have the answer, then you have absolute confidence that this point belongs to you. But what about the rest of the questions?
How much do you know about the world’s best-known diseases? Only 1 in 50 gets all the points
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A disease that affects a certain human group in a specific time frame.
- Endemic
- Epidemic
- Pandemic
- Question of
The most devastating plague in the Greek world, documented in detail by the historian Thucydides.
- Justinian plague.
- Antonine plague.
- The plague of Athens.
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The anthrax attacks in the United States occurred during the year:
- 2000
- 2001
- 2005
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Anthrax is also known as carbuncles.
- True
- False
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A disease that is permanently established in a particular human group.
- Epidemic
- Endemic
- Pandemic
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The Ebola virus was first detected in:
- Europe
- Africa
- Asia
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The Ebola virus is a serious, often fatal disease in humans.
- True
- False
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The natural hosts of the Ebola virus are considered to be bats.
- True
- False
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An epidemic that affects a much larger area, such as a continent or even the entire planet.
- Endemic
- Pandemic
- Epidemic
- Question of
The great plague of Milan refers to:
- Sewage outbreaks.
- Outbreaks of bubonic plague.
- Outbreaks of rat fleas.
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In India it was believed that smallpox was due to the blessing of the smallpox goddess Shitala (the Cold).
- True
- False
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For smallpox to spread from one person to another, direct and prolonged face-to-face contact is required.
- True
- False
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The Spanish Flu left approximately 20 to 50 million victims.
- True
- False
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The first known case of human infection with the avian influenza virus occurred in:
- Texas
- Hong Kong
- Berlin
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The Black Death refers to the most devastating plague pandemic in human history.
- True
- False
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