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Our Biggest Smallest Threat: Quiz

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Test your knowledge on viruses

08 Sep
2005

Used with permission Emergency team

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1. Which of the following differentiates viruses from bacteria?





 

2. Which of the following is NOT caused by a virus?





 

3. In what year was smallpox officially eradicated?





 

4. When were the first cases of HIV reported?





 

5. Who starred in the killer-virus movie Outbreak?





 

6. Why can't you treat a virus with antibiotics?





 

7. What is a "nosocomial" infection?





 

8. Why is "Marburg" virus so-called?





 

9. What condition is caused by Hepatitis?





 

10. Who discovered the technique of vaccination?







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Friday, 04th March 2005
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