LIVING WITH THE EARTH
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. You would be more likely to contract which of the following from traveling?
2. Which of the following diseases may have re-emerged because of reduced water chlorination?
3. Which of the following diseases is not attributed to mosquitoes?
4. What is the vector of Hantavirus?
5. Since 1980, the CDC has reported a ___% increase in deaths from infectious diseases.
6. Each year ____people contract dengue fever.
7. Which of the following is the world's largest widespread mosquito borne illness?
8. At what temperature do mosquitoes die?
9. Which of the following is responsible for emerging infectious diseases:
10. The disease that emerged in the Four Corners region of the United States in 1994 was:
11.The virus that may result in "leaky capillary syndrome" just as the infected person begins to feel better is:
12. Which of the following diseases has been known the longest?
13. The specific type of cell that the AIDS virus attacks is:
14. Which of the following bacteria are gram positive cocci?
15. Which of the following may result in a characteristic bulls-eye rash?
16. Which of the following environmental factors appear to accelerate tuberculosis?
17. A reason for TB to be resistant to medication may be:
18. An outbreak of Cryptosporidium in Milwaukee in 1993 affected_____ people.
19. Which of the following is a VIRAL disease?
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TRUE OR FALSE
1. Deforestation has been reported to be a reason for the emergence of lyme disease.
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2. Malaria is transmitted by the bite of a male infected mosquito.
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3. Lyme disease is the most prevalent emerging infectious disease in the United States.
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4. The term emerging infectious diseases refers to diseases of infectious origin whose incidence in humans has either increased within the past two decades or threatens to increase in the near future.
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5. Hemolytic uremic syndrome is caused by streptococci.
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6. Toxic shock syndrome is caused by ultra absorbency tampons.
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7. A factor responsible for emerging infectious diseases is technology and industry.
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8. Marine organisms that are capable of causing diseases are not able to survive in ballast water of ships.
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9. Mosquitoes are not able to survive international flights.
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10. Hantavirus is spread by infected deer mice.
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11. El Niño has been blamed for the outbreak of Hantavirus in 1993.
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12. There are less than five major types of influenza viruses that have been described.
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13. About 20,000 deaths occur annually in the United States as a result of influenza.
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14. Ebola was named after the first man to have died from the disease in Africa.
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15. Death from Ebola usually occurs within the first 24 hours of contraction.
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16. E. coli naturally occur in the intestine of humans.
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17. Hemolytic uremic syndrome is characterized by liver failure.
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18. Lyme disease is caused by a gram negative bacteria.
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19. The nymph stage of the Deer tick is most likely the stage that infects humas with the agent of Lyme disease.
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20. The organism, cryptosporidium, has the capacity to survive chlorination processes.
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ESSAYS
1. Discuss the Prevention Strategy Plan for the United States with regard to reducing the consequences emerging or re-emerging infections in humans..
2. What are some of the factors responsible for emerging infectious diseases.
3. Discuss the disease caused by the Hanta virus.
4. Explain what an emerging infectious disease is.