Mic 130 Exam 1 - Questions, Answers And Feedback

Plague {Ans: Latin for "to strike a blow that wounds" -In antiquity, all disease outbreaks were called plagues}Neglected Tropical Diseases {Ans: -Affect about 1.4 billion people -Parasitic worm and bacterial infections -Not a high morality rate but very high DALYs due to chronic infections (disability)}Access to improved sanitation facilities {Ans: -2.4 billion people did not have access in 2015 ~1 billion still practice open defecation -70% live in rural areas -2.1 million gained access to improved facilities but the target was missed by 700 million people}Robert Koch {Ans: -Country doctor in East Prussia (1843-1910) -Verified Germ Theory of Disease (Anthrax) -TB, Cholera, Malaria -Determined which germ caused which disease}Epidemic {Ans: Outbreak, more than the normal number of outbreaks ex) flu epidemic}Vectors {Ans: Organisms that transmit disease to humans, by biting, vomit or feces. Also mechanical transfer -Mosquitoes, flies, ticks, fleas, body lice}