P1. Earliest Known Infectious Diseases.

Question 1

represent the first recorded epidemic

Answer 1

Plague/ Pestilence

Question 2

• around 1900 BC
• near the end of the Trojan War
• Greek army was decimated by an epidemic of what is thought to have been…

Answer 2

PLAGUE

Question 3

Egyptian Scroll that contains the list of diseases and treatments.

Answer 3

Eber Papyrus (1500 BC)

Question 4

occured in China in 1122 BC

Answer 4

SMALLPOX

Question 5

Epidemics of plague occurred in:
1. Rome?
2. Greece?

Answer 5

1. 790, 710, 640 BC
2. 430 BC

Question 6

the 3 MOST COMMON FORMS of PLAGUE:

Answer 6

1. Bubonic
2. Septicemic
3. Pneumonic

Question 7

1. swollen inguinal lymph glands on a person infected w/ the ____.
2. swollen lymph glands are termed ____.
3. BUBOES is the Greek word for ____.
4. Swollen gland: ____.

Answer 7

1. BUBONIC plague
2. Buboes
3. Groin
4. Bubo

Question 8

resulted from NECROSIS.

Answer 8

SEPTICEMIC plague.

Question 9

the mode of transmission of this plague is through inhalation or the respiratory tract.

Answer 9

PNEUMONIC plague.

tho PULMONARY sabi ni Ma’am sa Synch class.

Question 10

Syphilis is caused by the bacterium?

Answer 10

TREPONEMA PALLIDUM

Question 11

SYPHILIS is a ____ TRASMITTED DISEASE.

Answer 11

SEXUALLY

Question 12

Syphilis first appeared in this continent in year…

Answer 12

Europe… 1493…

Question 13

Syphilis was carried to Europe by Native Americans who were brought to Portugal by ____.

Answer 13

Christopher Columbus.

Question 14

Syphilis is also known as the ff.:

Answer 14

1. Neopolitan disease
2. French/ Spanish disease
3. French pox
4. Spanish, German, Polish, & Turkish pocks