How much do you know about the world’s best-known diseases?

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    A disease that affects a certain human group in a specific time frame.

    • Endemic
    • Epidemic
    • Pandemic
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    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
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    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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