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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Chapters 15 - 18).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the problem with the vaccine for yellow fever?
(a) It causes serious side effects.
(b) We do not have enough of it for those who would need it in a large-scale outbreak.
(c) It is far too expensive to be used widely.
(d) It can not be administered to people under the age of 25.

2. in 2014, how many people worldwide died from AIDS?
(a) 3.4 million.
(b) 8 million.
(c) 5 million.
(d) 1.2 million.

3. On whose program did the creator of the polio vaccine announce that he was not patenting the vaccine in 1955?
(a) Edward R. Murrow's.
(b) Barbara Walter's.
(c) Walter Winchell's.
(d) James Jeffrie's.

4. Where was there a significant outbreak of Zika virus in 2013?
(a) French Polynesia.
(b) China.
(c) India.
(d) The Netherlands.

5. How long had researchers known about the Zika virus before the 2016 outbreak?
(a) About 200 years.
(b) About 10 years.
(c) About 20 years.
(d) About 70 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dr. Anne Schuchat say about the tools we had to fight SARS in 2003?

2. What is one antibiotic commonly used to threat anthrax?

3. What does Osterholm say is the average time from vaccine development to public availability?

4. What is one of the main problems with the flu vaccine, according to Osterholm?

5. By the end of July in 2015, what was the Korean MERS death toll?

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