P1. Earliest Known Infectious Diseases. Flashcards

1
Q

represent the first recorded epidemic

A

Plague/ Pestilence

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2
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  • around 1900 BC
  • near the end of the Trojan War
  • Greek army was decimated by an epidemic of what is thought to have been…
A

PLAGUE

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3
Q

Egyptian Scroll that contains the list of diseases and treatments.

A

Eber Papyrus (1500 BC)

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4
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occured in China in 1122 BC

A

SMALLPOX

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5
Q

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

A
  1. 790, 710, 640 BC
  2. 430 BC
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6
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the 3 MOST COMMON FORMS of PLAGUE:

A
  1. Bubonic
  2. Septicemic
  3. Pneumonic
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7
Q
  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: ____.
A
  1. BUBONIC plague
  2. Buboes
  3. Groin
  4. Bubo
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8
Q

resulted from NECROSIS.

A

SEPTICEMIC plague.

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9
Q

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

A

PNEUMONIC plague.

tho PULMONARY sabi ni Ma’am sa Synch class.

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10
Q

Syphilis is caused by the bacterium?

A

TREPONEMA PALLIDUM

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11
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SYPHILIS is a ____ TRASMITTED DISEASE.

A

SEXUALLY

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12
Q

Syphilis first appeared in this continent in year

A

Europe… 1493…

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13
Q

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

A

Christopher Columbus.

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14
Q

Syphilis is also known as the ff.:

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