____________ of deaths globally are related to infectious diseases
while only 4% of deaths in the US are (prior to COVID-19).
25%
Microbes in food ______.
children < 5 years
Most food-borne diseases (cases of "food-poisoning" or
"stomach bug") _____________.
have an incubation period of 2-4 days
Consistent and correct condom use reduces risk of transmission.
(choose all correct answers)
trichomoniasis gonorrhoea HPV infection
herpes chlamydia syphilis
Skin-skin transmission possible, body fluids not required. (choose
all correct answers)
herpes
HPV infection
Match the food-borne disease name with the description.
incubation period much longer (3-4 weeks) than is typical
with foodborne diseases:
hepatitis A
Match the food-borne disease name with the description.
extremely hardy pathogen can survive on surfaces for
weeks:
norovirus gastroenteritis
Match the food-borne disease name with the description.
associated with contaminated water; epidemics frequently
related to disruption in water, sanitation, and public health
infrastructure:
cholera
Match the food-borne disease name with the description.
effective vaccine available:
hepatitis A
Match the food-borne disease name with the description.
most associated with cattle and cattle-manure contaminated
foods:
E. coli infection
Match the food-borne disease name with the description.
associated with deli meats, soft cheeses, and other
refrigerated foods:
listeriosis
Match the food-borne disease name with the description.
symptoms of projectile vomiting and explosive diarrhea
promote viral spread:
norovirus gastroenteritis
Match the food-borne disease name with the description.
vertical transmission during pregnancy can cause miscarriage
or stillbirth:
listeriosis
Match the disease with the description.
causative agent is Yersinia pestis :
plague
Match the disease with the description.
easily transmitted via contact with blood and other body
fluids:
hepatitis B virus
Match the disease with the description.
causative agent is Plasmodium spp.:
malaria
Match the disease with the description.
infection in children can result in physical and cognitive
growth delays:
helminth infections
Match the disease with the description.
transmission typically occurs via fecally contaminated
soil:
helminth infections
Match the disease with the description.
has caused the only drop in the global human population in
the past 10,000 years:
plague
Match the STI with the description.
issues of multi-drug resistant strains:
gonorrhoea
Match the STI with the description.
>80% of sexually active people will be exposed over their
lifetime:
HPV infection
Match the STI with the description.
no screening for men or women; diagnosis only:
herpes
Match the STI with the description.
caused by a protozoan:
trichomoniasis
Match the STI with the description.
causative agent is Treponema p
allidum:
syphilis
Match the STI with the description.
increases the risk of several cancers:
HPV infection
Match the STI with the description.
increasing rates of infection among men who have sex with men
and pregnant women:
syphilis
Choose one prevention strategy that would be effective to reduce the
global burden of disease:
malaria: hepatitis B: helminth
infections:
malaria: bed nets hepatitis B:
vaccine helminth infections: sewage
infrastructure
Match the STI with the description.
at risk population is older than for most STIs:
Trichomoniasis
Match the disease with the description.
widely available vaccine can reduce possibility of acute and
chronic infection:
Warts/HPV
Which of the following can be transmitted "sexually" but
that is not commonly referred to as an STI? (check all that apply)
Ebola virus disease, Zika virus, Strep throat, EBV, meningococcal
meningitis, chickenpox