Which disease is also called the „Black Death“?
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The plague
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Which flu pandemic of 1918 killed millions?
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The Spanish flu
A formative disease of human history.
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Which virus caused the pandemic from 2020?
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SARS-CoV-2 (coronavirus)
A formative disease of human history.
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Which 2009 H1N1 flu pandemic was named after an animal?
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Swine flu
A formative disease of human history.
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Which dangerous coronaviruses appeared in 2002 and 2012 before COVID?
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SARS & MERS
A formative disease of human history.
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Which diarrhoeal disease spreads through dirty water?
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Cholera
A formative disease of human history.
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Which disease was the only one eradicated worldwide?
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Smallpox
A formative disease of human history.
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Which immune deficiency is caused by HIV?
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AIDS
A formative disease of human history.
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Which lung disease was once called „consumption“?
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Tuberculosis
A formative disease of human history.
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Which mosquito-borne disease mainly kills children in Africa?
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Malaria
A formative disease of human history.
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Which tropical disease spread by Aedes mosquitoes damages the liver and causes jaundice?
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Yellow fever
A formative disease of human history.
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Which intestinal disease starts with weeks of rising temperature instead of diarrhoea?
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Typhoid fever
A formative disease of human history.
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Which louse-borne disease devastated Napoleon's army in Russia?
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Typhus (spotted fever)
A formative disease of human history.
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Which disease once called „the plague of outcasts“ damages skin and nerves?
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Leprosy
A formative disease of human history.
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What is infantile paralysis called medically?
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Poliomyelitis
A formative disease of human history.
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Who discovered the pathogens of cholera and tuberculosis?
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Robert Koch
A formative disease of human history.
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Who developed the first vaccination (against smallpox) in 1796?
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Edward Jenner
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What do we call a disease that spreads across the whole world?
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Pandemic
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