Ebola survives and occurs in the following populations:
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Humans and bats.
Humans and camels.
Humans and monkeys.
Only humans.
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Microbes can be used in the formation of helpful drugs despite their harmful effects.
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True
False
Pregunta 3
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This disease ravaged the world in 1918-1919, killing approximately 50 million people in that one year.
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Small pox.
Zika virus.
SARS.
The Spanish flu.
Pregunta 4
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Which of the following were a part of the causes for initial life expectancy raises? (check all that apply)
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Increases in sanitation due to complications in child birth.
Diseases becoming more recessive as humans have evolved.
Increase in vaccinations starting in the 1800s.
Close-quarter living conditions.
The emergence of antibiotics in the 1960s.
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This fund donated 100 million dollars to disease treatment, heavily aiding in disease eradication in foreign countries.
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Bill Gates Foundation.
Stephen Harper's Assistance.
The International Disease Eradication Society (IDES).
the British Embassy.
Pregunta 6
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With the current progress we've made, we are well on the way to curing infectious diseases entirely.
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True
False
Pregunta 7
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Tuberculosis and Ebola are examples of two diseases with very different ways of spreading. The key differences between these are:
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Tuberculosis is chronic - less hostile, with a slower onset period, whereas Ebola is acute - extremely lethal, with a rapid onset period.
Tuberculosis is chronic - extremely lethal, with a rapid onset period, whereas Ebola is acute - less hostile, with a slower onset period.
Ebola is chronic - less hostile, with a slower onset period, whereas Tuberculosis is acute - extremely lethal, with a rapid onset period.
Ebola is chronic - extremely lethal, with a rapid onset period, whereas Tuberculosis is acute - less hostile, with a slower onset period.
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In the 1900s, life expectancy in the USA was:
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Below 50.
50-60.
Exactly 62 years.
60-70.
Pregunta 9
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The following act as wildlife origins/reservoirs of certain diseases:
AIDS: [blank_start]Chimpanzees.[blank_end]
SARS: [blank_start]Bats, palm civet.[blank_end]
West Nile Virus: [blank_start]Wild birds.[blank_end]
Influenza: [blank_start]Wild aquatic birds.[blank_end]
Monkeypox: [blank_start]Wild rodents in Africa.[blank_end]