As 2020 has demonstrated, diseases are no laughing matter, and the more we know about them, the better we can avoid them. Care to test your knowledge of the diseases that infect mankind?
1 of 13
You have alternating pain, weakness, numbness and tingling in your leg. These are very likely symptoms of what?
A pinched nerve
A muscle tear
Phlebitis
Sciatica
2 of 13
What is the name of a deadly mosquito-borne disease?
Malaria
Mumps
Myocardial Infarction
Measles
3 of 13
Before Europeans arrived in the New World, which diseases Had Native Americans never faced?
Before the late 1400s, the New World never encountered these diseases, as well as smallpox, measles, leprosy and others.
Plague
Malaria
Influenza
All answers are correct
4 of 13
The Black Death was another name for what famous pandemic?
Asian Flu
Spanish Flu
London plague
Bubonic plague
5 of 13
Which of these infectious diseases can be spread via infected water?
Cholera
Measles
Tuberculosis
Ebola
6 of 13
When was the first influenza vaccine developed?
1975
1815
1938
1898
7 of 13
How does tuberculosis spread?
All answers are correct
By inhaling the bacteria
Through hand touching
Through insect bites
8 of 13
Which of these factors have contributed to the rise in infectious diseases?
A decrease in cat population
Deforestation
All answers are correct
Swamp land drying
9 of 13
A Goiter, an enlargement of the thyroid gland, is often caused by a deficiency in this nutrient.
Magnesium
Iron
Calcium
Iodine
10 of 13
Hepatitis primarily harms this organ.
Spleen
Kidney
Heart
Liver
11 of 13
The absence of which cellular process is thought to contribute to some cancers?
Normally cells can commit suicide (programmed cell death) if something goes wrong, but some cancer cells have lost this ability and are able to grow when they should not.
Programmed cell death
High rate of profileration
Mutations in regulatory genes
Invasion of tissues
12 of 13
Which of these is the strongest risk factor for developing Alzheimer's disease?
Heredity
Age
Poor nutrition
Exposure to toxins
13 of 13
A person with the measles sneezes. How long can it hang in the air and infect you?
Measles are more contagious than Ebola. You can get measles by breathing the same air as someone who is sick. Nine out of 10 people with close contact to someone who is sick will get it, according to the CDC.
2 hours
20 seconds
20 minutes
2 minutes
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