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Communicable Diseases

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Total cards: 5•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
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Plague

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Fall of Roman Empire? Bacterial, flea bite, rats Black death 1334—60% of Europe wiped out. Sped economic, social and tech development Modern plague 1860 China 10 million deaths Recent; India early 20th, Vietnam 60s and 70s

#2
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Smallpox

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no treatment, only vaccination now eradicated, last US case 1949 Somalia ‘77

#3
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Polio

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Crippling and deadly, virus Vaccine Eradicated in US but still in world

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Hep B

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Vaccine Contagious liver disease Spreads thru blood or body fluids Birth, bite, touching open sores, sharing personal items, food chewed, needles, transfusions, sex,

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HIV/AIDS

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1,201,100 13+ have it 50,000 new infections/year MSM men 78% of new infections White MSM largest number of new cases 311,087 MSM have died Black women and men largest of hetero group