Infectious Diseases Bingo - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.

1. Transmission of a disease from person to person through contact, common vehicle, airborne or vectorborne infection
   Horizontal
2. This sexually transmitted disease is linked to genital warts and cervical cancer, among others. Vaccine can be given as young as 9 years old and as old as 27.
   HPV
3. A human / environmental factor that contributes to the emergence of new diseases
   Climate Change
4. A bacterial STI that can lead to severe infection, Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, and fertility complications of untreated.
   Gonorrhea
5. A purposeful, ongoing search for new disease cases by public health personnel
   Active Surveillance
6. This virus is one of the most common waterborne viruses, and can also be transmitted through food. A vaccine is available and it does not lead to chronic infection.
   Hepatitis A
7. Hemorrhagic disease caused by contact with blood and other body fluids
   Ebola
8. Often spread in undercooked meat, this bacterium causes hemorrhagic colitis and thrombocytopenia
   E. Coli
9. This vector carries diseases like dengue, West Nile and Zika
   
10. This creature is a carrier of hantavirus, which can cause a fatal pulmonary syndrome
    
11. This spore-forming pathogen has been used as an agent of bioterrorism because of its potential for high mortality
    Anthrax
12. A bacterial STI that is not symptomatic until the secondary stage, a few weeks after exposure.
    Syphilis
13. Secondary prevention for this respiratory disease includes injecting PPD under the skin to check for exposure.
    Tuberculosis
14. Transmission of a disease from parent to offspring, such as HIV
    Vertical
15. Resistance acquired by a host as a result of previous natural exposure to an infectious agent.
    Acquired Immunity
16. This arthropod carries diseases like Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever
    
17. A vaccine is available for this blood-borne liver disease, which can cause longterm damage to the liver.
    Hepatitis B
18. A disease outbreak caused by a single exposure that takes place over a short period of time
    Point source Outbreak
19. A form of disease surveillance that relies on data reported by health care providers.
    Passive Surveillance
20. Pustules are a sign of this disease, which was declared eradicated in 1980 by the WHO.
    
21. A disease outbreak in which people are exposed to an agent over days, weeks or months, such as food contamination
    Intermittent outbreak
22. This sexually transmitted virus can be managed with antiviral medication, but not cured.
    Herpes 2
23. This animal can carry toxoplasmosis, which can be vertically transmitted in humans from mother to fetus
    
24. There is no vaccine for this disease, which can cause liver cancer, cirrhosis and death in the chronic stages.
    Hepatitis C