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A to Z: Infectious Diseases - Statistics
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This quiz has been taken 3,163 times
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- The average score is 14 of 23
Answer Stats
| Letter | Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| A | Immunodeficiency caused by HIV | AIDS | 98%
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| B | Killed up to 60% of Europe's population in the 14th century | Bubonic plague | 94%
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| M | Mosquito-borne parasitic disease, originally treated with quinine | Malaria | 88%
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| F | Colloquial name for the respiratory disease caused by influenza viruses | Flu | 86%
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| H | Inflammation of the liver, caused by viruses named A to E | Hepatitis | 80%
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| L | Bacterial disease spread by infected ticks | Lyme disease | 80%
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| P | Nearly-eradicated viral disease which can cause paralysis | Poliomyelitis | 80%
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| C | Spread through contaminated water, results in severe diarrhoea and vomiting | Cholera | 79%
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| R | Viral disease historically known as 'hydrophobia' | Rabies | 77%
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| E | Viral haemorrhagic disease spread through body fluids | Ebola | 76%
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| S | Viral disease declared eradicated in 1979 by the WHO | Smallpox | 72%
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| D | Mosquito-borne tropical disease with a characteristic skin rash | Dengue fever | 70%
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| G | Relatively common bacterial STI | Gonorrhoea | 70%
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| Z | Tropical viral disease that can cause microcephaly in newborn babies | Zika virus disease | 70%
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| Y | Mosquito-borne viral tropical disease which can cause jaundice | Yellow fever | 69%
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| T | Bacterial disease that causes muscle spasms, sometimes known as 'lockjaw' | Tetanus | 68%
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| W | Spread by a virus named for an African river | West Nile fever | 50%
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| N | Virus also known as the 'winter vomiting bug', named after Norwalk, Ohio | Norovirus | 38%
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| O | Infection of the middle ear, caused by a variety of infectious agents | {Otitis} media | 26%
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| I | Illness caused by Epstein-Barr virus, also known as glandular fever | Infectious {mononucleosis} | 19%
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| K | Prion disease endemic to Papua New Guinea | Kuru | 17%
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| Q | Rare bacterial disease spread by domestic animals | Q {fever} | 13%
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| V | Fungal disease endemic to the southwestern United States | Valley fever | 5%
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