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What are the four main types of disease mentioned in the text?
What are the four main types of disease mentioned in the text?
- Bacterial diseases, viral diseases, genetic diseases, and mental illnesses
- Communicable diseases, non-communicable diseases, genetic disorders, and psychological disorders
- Chronic diseases, acute diseases, autoimmune diseases, and mental disorders
- Infectious diseases, deficiency diseases, hereditary diseases, and physiological diseases (correct)
What is the broader sense in which disease is often used to refer to?
What is the broader sense in which disease is often used to refer to?
- Any condition that causes pain, dysfunction, distress, social problems, or death to the person affected (correct)
- Only medical conditions with specific signs and symptoms
- Conditions caused by external factors such as pathogens or internal dysfunctions
- Exclusively physical health problems
What can internal dysfunctions of the immune system produce?
What can internal dysfunctions of the immune system produce?
- Mainly physiological diseases
- A variety of different diseases including immunodeficiency, hypersensitivity, allergies, and autoimmune disorders (correct)
- Only deficiency diseases
- Mostly infectious diseases
How can disease affect people?
How can disease affect people?
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What is death due to disease called?
What is death due to disease called?
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Where is the headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) located?
Where is the headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) located?
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What is the main goal of the CDC?
What is the main goal of the CDC?
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When was the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) founded?
When was the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) founded?
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Which area does the CDC especially focus its attention on?
Which area does the CDC especially focus its attention on?
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Who is the current Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)?
Who is the current Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)?
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