BIOL243 - L9 Current major issues in clinical microbiology 0.0 / 5 ? BiologyMedical MicrobiologyUniversityNone Created by: KatherineCreated on: 27-04-17 12:07 Which disease has been eradicted? Smallpox 1 of 33 When did immunisation of small pox begin? 1940 2 of 33 When was the bill of mortality made for the first outbreak of plague? 1665 3 of 33 When did the death rate of Small pox drop to 0? 1920 4 of 33 When did the TB vaccination get developed? Just after 1950 5 of 33 What has happened to the death rate of TB? The death rate has been in decline. 6 of 33 What has happened to life expectancy over the years? It has steadily increased over the years 7 of 33 What has happened to the height of children over the years? It has increased over the years in all age groups 8 of 33 What is pollution like, then and now? There is much less pollution there now - and much less respiratory disease 9 of 33 Who introduced sterilisation by handwashing? Ignaz Semmelweis 10 of 33 Who discovered the cause of cholera? John Snow 11 of 33 How was cholera stopped? And when? 1854 - He removed the handle from the pump. 12 of 33 What is Poliomyelitis? Polio - it's found in more primitive communities - a disease of young babies. It's very common and most adults are immune to it. 13 of 33 What is the trend of death rates due to Poliomyelitis? There was a steady decrease until around 1945 when deaths rose. This began to decrease in 1955. 14 of 33 What caused the increase and decrease of Polio? Hygeine standards - improving hygiene standards reduced the amount of cases and in 1955, immunisation began. 15 of 33 What was the largest cause of mortality in 1904 - 1944 TB 16 of 33 What was the largest cause of mortality in 1954-1964 Cancer 17 of 33 What was the largest cause of mortality in 1969? Heart disease 18 of 33 What happened to the reported cases of diptheria over the years? It increased, beginning from 1991 - 1993 19 of 33 What is a common reason for the spread of infectious disease? Public breakdown, lack of organisation, social disruption. 20 of 33 What started HIV? The merge of HIV were the years of unusual infections in gay men in LA, just when small pox was eradicated. 21 of 33 What causes HIV? An african disease 22 of 33 What caused an increase in the plague in 1985? Due to the great outdoors - praire dog, rock squirrel and epizootics. 23 of 33 Why doesn't malaris exist in the USA? They don't have long enough breeding seasons to sustain mosquitoes. 24 of 33 Why does USA get malaria? Due to people travelling 25 of 33 What is Mucormycosis? It is an opportunitic infection which is found in the lungs 26 of 33 When did MRSA resistance begin? 1993 27 of 33 When was the peak of MRSA resistant bacteria? 2004 28 of 33 What causes Infectious disease emergece? Lifestyle, medical interventions, societal, nature 29 of 33 What are the lifestyle factors which cuase IDE? Travel, catering and behaviour 30 of 33 What are the medical interventions which cause IDE? Vunlnerability, diagnostics, antimicrobial resistance 31 of 33 What are the societal issues which cause IDE? Politics, social breakdown, war, migration, industry, technology and agriculutre 32 of 33 What are the Nature issues which cause IDE? Microbial evolution, climate change and natural disasters 33 of 33
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