Quiz 1

Drug companies are typically non-profit agencies and do no benefit when academics publish articles about the effectiveness of their drugs

False

The poor have the highest rates of disease and disability of any socioeconomic group, demonstrating their greater biological deposition toward illness

False

Decline in deaths from infectious diseases in the second half of the nineteenth century was mainly due to

Improvements in diet, housing, and public sanitation

A disgruntled coworker infects a box of pastries with dysentery, causing several staff to become ill. This is an example of

bioterrorism

With the transition to a greater prevalence of chronic diseases, physicians have increasingly had to take which approach to medical care?

"Whole person" care

There are two types of bioterrorism

Covert and overt

The germ theory is a theory which asserts

Diseases are caused by a biological agent

The appearance of the West Nile Virus in NYC reflects

The role of globalization in the spread of infectious diseases

In which study were syphilis patients intentionally not treated and allowed to die?

Tuskegee

The first stage of epidemiological transition was characterized by ____ rates of _____

high; infectious rates