| Hint | Answer | % Correct | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Y | mosquitos cause this "colorful" rise in body temperature | yellow fever | 100%
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| F | a rise in body temperature | fever | 89%
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| S | this pox was eradicated in 1977 | smallpox | 89%
|
| D | gastroenteritis that results in bloody diarrhea. | dysentery | 78%
|
| S | sexually transmitted disease | syphilis | 78%
|
| W | sometimes called the 100-day cough | whooping cough | 78%
|
| C | caused by bacteria that contaminate food or water | cholera | 67%
|
| C | we call it gastroenteritis or, informally, "stomach flu" today | cholera morbus | 67%
|
| D | loose or watery bowel movements; can lead to dehydration | diarrhea | 67%
|
| I | infectious viral illness; modern vaccines may reduce its severity | influenza | 67%
|
| S | a strep infection causes this "colorful" rise in body temperature | scarlet fever | 67%
|
| M | airborne disease preventable today by the MMR vaccine | measles | 56%
|
| T | spread by feces from an infected person | typhoid | 56%
|
| C | characterized by a barking cough | croup | 33%
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