Statistics for A to Z: Infectious Diseases

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Letter	Hint	Answer	% Correct
A	Immunodeficiency caused by HIV	AIDS	98%
B	Killed up to 60% of Europe's population in the 14th century	Bubonic plague	95%
M	Mosquito-borne parasitic disease, originally treated with quinine	Malaria	89%
F	Colloquial name for the respiratory disease caused by influenza viruses	Flu	86%
P	Nearly-eradicated viral disease which can cause paralysis	Poliomyelitis	82%
L	Bacterial disease spread by infected ticks	Lyme disease	81%
H	Inflammation of the liver, caused by viruses named A to E	Hepatitis	80%
C	Spread through contaminated water, results in severe diarrhoea and vomiting	Cholera	79%
R	Viral disease historically known as 'hydrophobia'	Rabies	76%
E	Viral haemorrhagic disease spread through body fluids	Ebola	75%
S	Viral disease declared eradicated in 1979 by the WHO	Smallpox	75%
Z	Tropical viral disease that can cause microcephaly in newborn babies	Zika virus disease	73%
Y	Mosquito-borne viral tropical disease which can cause jaundice	Yellow fever	70%
D	Mosquito-borne tropical disease with a characteristic skin rash	Dengue fever	69%
G	Relatively common bacterial STI	Gonorrhoea	68%
T	Bacterial disease that causes muscle spasms, sometimes known as 'lockjaw'	Tetanus	68%
W	Spread by a virus named for an African river	West Nile fever	51%
N	Virus also known as the 'winter vomiting bug', named after Norwalk, Ohio	Norovirus	38%
O	Infection of the middle ear, caused by a variety of infectious agents	{Otitis} media	25%
I	Illness caused by Epstein-Barr virus, also known as glandular fever	Infectious {mononucleosis}	19%
K	Prion disease endemic to Papua New Guinea	Kuru	16%
Q	Rare bacterial disease spread by domestic animals	Q {fever}	12%
V	Fungal disease endemic to the southwestern United States	Valley fever	5%