Which of the following is not a newly emerging infectious disease?
a. AIDS
b. Ebola
c. SARS
d. tuberculosis (TB)
e. Lyme disease
By the end of the 1918 influenza epidemic what percentage of the people in the world were infected according to the World Health Organization?
a. 10
b. 25
c. 50
d. 70
e. 85
Avian flu (1997) is a special concern for all but which of the following?
a. Migrating birds might carry it across continents.
b. It may be as deadly as the 1918 flu.
c. The fast rate in which it spread from birds to humans to other humans was alarming.
d. By 2007 there were human cases in Asia, Africa, and Europe.
e. All of the above are correct.
During the 1990s what was the average number of deaths in the U.S. tied to influenza?
a. 5,000
b 12,000
c. 36,000
d. 150,000
e. 550,000
The 1918 Spanish flu pandemic
a. killed more people in the world in the time it lasted than any other known disease epidemic in a similar period of time.
b. killed the elderly and infants almost exclusively.
c. was largely limited to Spain but killed 50 percent of their population in six months.
d. was deadly in Europe, the U.S., and Africa but left other areas untouched.
e. All of the above are correct.
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