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REMEMBERING SEPTEMBER 11
Matching Activity:
Match the following medical terms with definitions below.

1. Vaccinia virus _____
2. Variola virus _____
3. Eczema _____
4. Generalized vaccinia _____
5. Prophylaxis _____
6. Pre-inoculation screening _____
7. Bioterrorism _____
8. Petri dish _____
9. Weaponized smallpox _____
10. Antibiotic _____
11. Epidemiologist _____
12. Contraindications _____
13. Surveillance _____
14. Contact tracing _____
15. Quarantine _____

Definitions
A. reasons not to be vaccinated
B. drug used to treat bacteria that will not work on a vaccine virus
C. virus that causes smallpox
D. preventive measure
E. a period of isolation imposed to prevent the spread of disease
F. disk shaped laboratory container, several inches in diameter, used to grow bacteria or cells
G. modified live virus used in the vaccine
H. systematic search and recording of cases of a disease
I. a skin rash
J. use of infectious agent such as smallpox or anthrax as a way to cause widespread disease, fear, and panic
K. public health physician or scientist who studies disease outbreaks
L. smallpox virus made to be easily dispersed through air and spread rapidly from one person to another
M. identification of people exposed to someone with the disease
N. severe, widespread skin infection with the vaccine virus
O. brief medical exam to see who should not be vaccinated because of high risk of harm from the vaccine