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- It would be worse than a nuclear explosion if terrorists got a hold of what?
- smallpox virus
- What is so special about smallpox?
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No disease has been more lethal
Only disease to ever be erased from planet - How fast did smallpox usually kill you?
- 3-5 days
- 90% of natives died from what?
- conquistadors smallpox spread...tsk tsk
- What innoculation happened in China?
- Took smallpox scabs, and they would make the patient put the up their nose
- What are some symptoms of smallpox?
- fever, boils, weakness, pus, blood poisoning, hemorraging in intestines or lungs, heart failure
- What virus was used for the first vaccine made for smallpox?
- cowpox
- what are some symptoms of ebola?
- fever, headache, nausea, black vomit, bloody diarrhea, skin discolored, skin tears, basically eating flesh from inside out, face muscles freeze
- how many people die from ebola?
- 8 out of 10
- Where did ebola originate?
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monkeys in Virginia *didn't affect us*
Zaire? - define index case?
- first person infected with virus
- Why was ebola so hard to contain?
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virus is still infectious for decades plus.
corpses are still infectious, leak fluid filled w/ virus particles - what is the weakness of ebola?
- kills too quickly
- what are the symptoms of the hanta virus?
- attacks lungs, fills w/ fluid
- what percent of victims does the hanta virus kill?
- 60%
- Where does the hanta virus originate?
- deer mouse's gut, comes out through feces and urine
- how many states have been affected by the hanta virus?
- 23
- What is Dengue Fever also called?
- "break bone fever"
- What are some symptoms of Dengue fever?
- headaches, fever, vomiting
- What transfers Dengue fever?
- mesquitos
- Having dengue fever causes you to be more what to other strands of dengue fever?
- susceptible because ur body doesnt make antibodies for it
- what other virus belongs in the family of the dengue fever?
- measles
- How is the dengue fever spread?
- possibly thru blood and fluids, but unknown