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