Micro Summary: Geographical Locations

Question 1

• Acinetobacter

Answer 1

Afghanistan

Question 2

• Altitude sickness

Answer 2

Peru, Bolivia, Tibet, Africa

Question 3

• B. burgdoferi

Answer 3

southern New England, New York, Mid-Atlantic states (Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota), coastal & wooded areas of California & Oregon

Question 4

• Babesia

Answer 4

NE US

Question 5

• Bacillus anthracis

Answer 5

Florida, Washington DC, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut

Question 6

• Blastomyces dermatitidis

Answer 6

Ohio & Mississippi River valleys, eastern/northern US

Question 7

• Chikungunya

Answer 7

India, Mauritius

Question 8

• Coccidioides immitis

Answer 8

SW US, South America

Question 9

• Coronavirus (SARS)

Answer 9

Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Qatar

Question 10

• Cutaneous larva migrans

Answer 10

Bermuda (beach)

Question 11

• Cryptosporidium

Answer 11

worldwide, including US

Question 12

• Dengue

Answer 12

Florida, tropical regions

Question 13

• Entamoeba histolytica

Answer 13

worldwide, rare in US

Question 14

• Francisella tularensis

Answer 14

Martha’s Vineyard

Question 15

• Giardia lamblia

Answer 15

worldwide, including US

Question 16

• Hepatitis

Answer 16

Bangkok

Question 17

• Histoplasma capsulatum

Answer 17

Ohio & Mississippi River valleys, Mexico (spelunking)

Question 18

• Intestinal roundworms

Answer 18

US (not hookworm)

Question 19

• Japanese encephalitis

Answer 19

SE Asia, Cambodia

Question 20

• Leishmania

Answer 20

Central/South America, Middle East (Iraq, Afghanistan), Africa

Question 21

• Leptospirosis

Answer 21

Borneo (eco-challenge)

Question 22

• Malaria

Answer 22

Africa, SE Asia, Central/South America

Question 23

• Meningococcal vaccine

Answer 23

Africa, Mecca

Question 24

• Microsporidium

Answer 24

worldwide, including US

Question 25

• Mycobacterium leprae

Answer 25

Africa, (SE) Asia, Latin America, India

Question 26

• Neisseria meningitidis

Answer 26

Africa, US

Question 27

• Norovirus

Answer 27

Norwalk, Ohio

Question 28

• Penicillium marneffei

Answer 28

SE Asia

Question 29

• Poliovirus

Answer 29

Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nigeria (refuse vaccine), Africa, Asia

Question 30

• Rickettsia rickettsiae

Answer 30

north & south America

Question 31

• Salmonella typhi

Answer 31

developing countries

Question 32

• Schistosoma

Answer 32

snail-infested water, Lake Malawi

Question 33

• Taenia solium

Answer 33

Latin America & Asia

Question 34

• Trypanosoma

Answer 34

Central/South America, Africa

Question 35

• Typhoid fever

Answer 35

India, Central/South America, Asia, Africa, Bangkok

Question 36

• VHF

Answer 36

Africa

Question 37

• West Nile Virus

Answer 37

Africa, Middle East, Eastern Europe, US

Question 38

• Yellow fever

Answer 38

South America, Africa

Question 39

• Yersinia pestis

Answer 39

SW US