PHC4101 Quiz 3 (with Accurate Answers)

Major Infectious Killers in the Past correct answers Bubonic plague, tuberculosis, smallpox(eradicated), cholera, yellow fever, diptheria, measles, influenza Typhoid Mary correct answers Mary Mallon; 1st carrier of Typhoid; Was a cook and was getting people sick; Linked to at least 47 deaths; Was quarantined on brother island where she died How Were Infectious Diseases "Conquered" by 1960s? correct answers Public Health Measures, Immunizations, Antibiotics Public Health Measures correct answers Sanitation, water purification, personal hygiene, milk pasteurization Immunization correct answers Most effective intervention for preventing disease and promoting health Antibiotics correct answers Tertiary Prevention; Became widely available in the 1940s; 70% of exposure is through meat; People taking antibiotics when they don't have a bacterial infection which is very bad Public Health Goal with the Chain of infection correct answers Interrupt the chain at every available level Pathogen correct answers Bacteria, Virus, Parasite Bacteria correct answers Tuberculosis, Cholera, Typhoid, Tetanus, Diptheria, Dysentary, Syphilis, streptococci, staphylacocci Viruses correct answers Smallpox, Polio, Hepatitis, Measles, Rabies, HIV, yellow fever Parasites correct answers Malaria, Cryptosporidiosis, giardiasis, roundworms, tapeworms, hookworms, pin worms Reservoir correct answers Place where the pathogen lives and multiplies;Not the agent causing infection; Ex. Mary Mallon Means of Transmission correct answers -Airborne -Waterborne -Sexual Contact -Contaminated Objects -Vector Vector correct answers Organism spreads disease Host correct answers Individual who could potentially be susceptible