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__________are diseases that primarily infect animals but are occasionally transmitted to humans.

A) Vector infections
B) Nosocomial infections
C) Muduranes
D) Zoonoses

E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

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Which of the following diseases is NOT normally spread by a common source?

A) cholera
B) waterborne diseases
C) foodborne diseases
D) measles

E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

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The study of the occurrence, distribution, and determinants of health and disease in a population is the field of__________ .

The disease incidence showing a relatively slow, progressive rise and a gradual decline is indicative of a(n) __________epidemic.

The two main categories of biological weapons classified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are __________ and__________ , which are distinguished from one another due to their ___________.

Which of the following is one of the most important and widespread hospital pathogens, is the most common cause of pneumonia, is the third most common cause of blood infections, and is often resistant to common antibiotics?

With regard to mode of disease transmission, respiratory pathogens are generally__________, and intestinal pathogens are generally spread by contaminated __________and__________ contaminated .

Which of the following is/are considered (a) direct contact infection(s) ?

Disease cases that exhibit new syndromes or characteristics, or are linked to new pathogens, are surveyed through regional laboratories and are called__________ .

The H1N1 strain of influenza virus, which caused a pandemic in 2009, was the result of genome rearrangement of which viruses?

The World Health Organization (WHO) has presently targeted ___________ as a disease for eradication.

Failure to reach equilibrium with a disease agent could result in extinction for a host species.

Describe the five stages of disease progression for a typical acute infectious disease.

Explain how a person immunized against Corynebacterium diphtheriae can still become infected with the organism.

Which of the following is an example of herd immunity?

Many pathogenic organisms require living hosts as reservoirs to survive.

Nosocomial pathogens are often found as normal flora in either patients or hospital staff.

In 2003 the majority of AIDS deaths occurred in ___________ .

Food and water are considered disease vehicles.

People who have a subclinical case of a disease are frequently __________of a particular disease.