What is an emerging infectious disease?
A. A disease that was not infectious previously but that now is infectious
B. A disease that has suddenly increased in severity and mortality
C. An old disease that is rapidly increasing in incidence or geographic range
D. An old disease for which our antibiotics are no longer effective
Question 2
What is one way to stop the largest cause of preventable deaths in the world?
A. Create an international ban on any guns except those owned by the countries' militia.
B. Enforce a global ban on tobacco advertisements.
C. Make the selling of alcohol illegal.
D. Reduce speed limits on roads, streets, and highways.
Cellular section from the brain of a person who died from Alzheimer's disease.
Fatty liver disease and cirrhosis of the liver.
Epidemiologists look for the causes of disease, such as toxic waste and industrial pollution, at the
A child suffering from malaria, one of the most common and deadly infectious diseases.
Location of brain lesions in Alzheimer disease. Plaques are concentrated most heavily in the amygdal
Guidelines for Field Triage of Injured Patients, Centers for Disease Control, 2011