Common Communicable Diseases

Question 1

Malaria is spread by __________.

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mosquitoes

Question 2

Parasites can be protozoa, fungi, or multicellular organisms. Please select the best answer from the choices provided.

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Question 3

The goal of the flu vaccine is to prevent you from becoming infected with influenza. Please select the best answer from the choices provided.

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Question 4

__________ are intestinal parasites that can live up to 20 years and grow up to 50 feet in length.

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Tape worms

Question 5

Diagnostic tests can be used to identify illnesses and underlying causes of symptoms. Please select the best answer from the choices provided.

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Question 6

Strep throat and bacterial pneumonia are examples of __________.

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bacterial communicable diseases

Question 7

If a doctor wanted to find out the number of white blood cells in a patient's blood, he or she would order a(n) __________.

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complete blood count

Question 8

If an older person went to the doctor with a fever, chills, body aches, and a cough, what would the doctor most likely suspect the person has?

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influenza

Question 9

Hemodialysis is a treatment that cleans the blood when the __________ is/are unable to do so.

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kidneys

Question 10

After being diagnosed with strep throat, __________ would be a common treatment.

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antibiotics

Common Communicable Diseases Answers