HIDC 1: What is an Infectious Disease?

What type of disease is passed from animal to human?

• Zoonotic

• Faunic

• Animallic

• Chiropteric

Nipah virus is naturally found in bats. Bats are therefore the natural _________ for Nipah

• Reservoir

• Vector

• Fomite

• Origin

Mosquitoes can bite humans and pass along diseases like Malaria and West Nile. What classification best fits mosquitoes?

• Reservoirs

• Vectors

• Infectors

• Fomite

A person coughs in their hand, then touches a doorknob. If someone gets a disease by touching that doorknob, that doorknob is considered a...

• Vector

• Reservoir

• Fomite

• Infector

A disease on the rise in a population in a recent timeframe (~20 years) is known as...

• Emerging Disease

• Recurring Disease

• Novel Disease

• Popular Disease

Anything that has a negative impact on one's health is called...

• Fomite

• Disease

• Vector

• Virus

Diseases like cancers, Down Syndrome, and obesity cannot be transmitted to other people. What word best describes these diseases?

• Infectious

• Abiotic

• Hereditary

• Zoonotic

Diseases like polio, COVID-19, and the flu can be transmitted from person to person. What word best describes these diseases?

• Infectious

• Zoonotic

• Hereditary

• Abiotic

What type of pathogen causes tuberculosis?

• Bacteria

• Fungi

• Virus

• Parasite

What type of pathogen causes cholera?

• Bacteria

• Fungi

• Virus

• Parasite