Test 2

Question 1

enzootic

Answer 1

relating to or denoting a disease that regularly affects animals in a particular district or at a particular season. (endemic)

Question 2

Vector

Answer 2

An organism or inanimate object that carries and transmits a pathogen from an infected source to a susceptible host.

Question 3

Pogrom

Answer 3

an organized massacre of a particular ethnic group, in particular that of Jewish people in Russia or eastern Europe in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Question 4

clinical medicine

Answer 4

the branch of healthcare that focuses on the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases in humans

Question 5

index case

Answer 5

the first documented case of a disease or condition

Question 6

Walter Reed

Answer 6

U.S. Army physician who in 1901 confirmed the theory that yellow fever is transmitted by a particular mosquito species rather than by direct contact.

Question 7

Aedes mosquito

Answer 7

Causes yellow fever

Question 8

Anopheles mosquito

Answer 8

Causes malaria