National Center for biotechnology information

Question 1

Communicable disease

Answer 1

an infectious disease transmissible (as from person to person) by direct contact with an affected individual or the individual’s discharges or by indirect means (as by a vector) — compare contagious disease.

Question 2

Poliomyelitis

Answer 2

n infectious viral disease that affects the central nervous system and can cause temporary or permanent paralysis

Question 3

Smallpox

Answer 3

it is a serious infectious disease caused by the variola virus. It is contagious—meaning, it can spread from one person to another. People who have smallpox have a fever and a distinctive, progressive skin rash

Question 4

Public policy

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the principles, often unwritten, on which social laws are based

Question 5

International cooperation

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The interaction of persons or groups of persons representing various nations in the pursuit of a common goal or interest

Question 6

Cost-benefit analysis

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a process businesses use to analyze decisions. The business or analyst sums the benefits of a situation or action and then subtracts the costs associated with taking that action

Question 7

Game theory

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the branch of mathematics concerned with the analysis of strategies for dealing with competitive situations where the outcome of a participant’s choice of action depends critically on the actions of other participants

Question 8

Developed countries

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the country is advanced in terms of infrastructure, industrialization, income per capita and standards of living

Question 9

Developing countries

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a poor agricultural country that is seeking to become more advanced economically and socially

Question 10

Eradication

Answer 10

the complete destruction of something