Statistics for Infectious Diseases

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
viral infection of the liver(commondly A,B, C)	hepatitis	83%
viral cause of AIDS	HIV	83%
common tropical mosquito born parasite	malaria	74%
human illness causing virus which has been erradicated	smallpox	67%
fatal viral infection causing periodic epidemics in parts of Africa	Ebola	52%
childhood virus causing swollen salivary glands	mumps	47%
"the consumption"	Tuberculosis	39%
causes a "bull's eye" rash	Lyme	32%
common bacterial casue of severe sore thhroat	Streptococcus	29%
"breakbone fever"	dengue	18%
genus of bacteria that causes typhoid	Salmonella	18%
type of micorbe which causes "jock itch"	yeast	13%
"kissing disease"	infectious mononucleosis	8%
1st noted to cause epidemic of pneumonia among veterans in Philadelphia	Legionnaire's Disease	8%
type of meningitis associated with contaminated steroid injections	fungal	4%