Exam 4: Identifying the Challenge

Bacterial colonization of the skin begins when in life?

The incubation time for influenza is shorter than the flight from New York City to Tokyo, Japan, when flying non-stop.

The majority of the world's population lives in urban areas.

Name two societal factors that contribute to the spread of disease.

You encounter parents who believe that immunizations are harmful to human health. In the space below, use your knowledge of emerging and reemerging infections to write a response to these parents.

What is the source of most cases of measles in the United States?

Cholera epidemics are often a result of flooding events.

Name two reasons for deforestation.

What percentage of 2 year olds in the US have been given the full sequence of currently recommended immunizations?

The leading cause of death in the world in 2015 was:

Name two of the leading infectious diseases that kill children younger than age 5 worldwide.

Explain in detail how urbanization can set up a cycle of infectious disease and how that can be prevented in megacities.

Name the two reasons the FDA ruled that triclosan and other antimicrobial chemicals must be removed from liquid and bar soaps.

An epidemic of Rift Valley Fever occurred as a result of what project that produced a large ecological disturbance?

Draw the disease triangle model of disease causation.

Which factor below increases vector-borne illness?

In 2007, a traveler on a flight from Russia to New York caused a scare about what infectious disease?

Explain what a "superbug" is and the root causes of their emergence.

Zoonotic diseases are transmitted from

The annual growth rate of the world population is 2.7%