The Big Book of Infectious Disease Trivia : Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about the World's Worst Pandemics, Epidemics and Diseases
Intro -- Title Page -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Understanding Infectious Diseases -- What are infectious diseases? -- What was the first documented infectious disease? -- What is the difference between an infectious disease and a contagious disease? -- What is botulism, and is it contagious? -- What is the plague? -- Has the United States ever had plague? -- Why isn't plague a big global problem now? Where did it go? -- What is R0? -- What is Rt? -- What is germ theory? -- How does a disease make the jump from animals to humans? -- Which zoonotic diseases are most common today? -- How many human coronaviruses are there? -- How is rabies transmitted, and which animals transmit the virus? -- What is herd immunity, and why is it important? -- What is an asymptomatic carrier? -- What is the difference between isolation, quarantine, and social distancing? -- What is a vaccine, and how does it work? -- How long have vaccines been around? -- Is there a vaccine for the plague? -- How long does it take to develop a vaccine? -- What was the first disease to be declared eradicated worldwide? -- Why can't we eradicate all infectious diseases, as we did with smallpox? -- If vaccines are so effective, why do outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases still occur? -- What are the most common vaccine-preventable adult diseases? -- What are antibiotics, and how do they work? -- Are antibiotics an effective treatment for infectious diseases? -- What are antiviral drugs, and how are they used to treat infectious diseases? -- What does an allergy to eggs have to do with whether you can receive certain vaccines? -- Which infectious diseases were much more common before vaccines were developed for them? -- Does every infectious disease have a vaccine? -- Why are some vaccines more effective than others? And what are booster shots?..
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