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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Bernhard Mandrella treated a coworker and sent blood which confirmed the Lassa virus to __________.
2. Who worked with Patricia Webb on the Ebola virus in the CDC's laboratory?
3. When Johnson and MacKenzie became ill in Chapter 1: "Machupo," they were saved by a doctor who knew to drastically increase ______________.
4. Author Laurie Garrett refers to Karl Johnson and Ron MacKenzie as the first _______ in Chapter 1: "Machupo."
5. Soon after the funeral of the first victim in Chapter 5, the mission was filled with the disease and some of the mission nurses were sent to ______________ to recover.
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 4, who was transported to Germany following infection of the Lassa virus?
2. With whom did Karl Johnson work to develop a safety measure for the doctors in Bolivia in Chapter 1: "Machupo"? What was found in San Joaquin?
3. What backlash did the CDC meet after vaccinating against swine flu?
4. What led to the wane of study on parasitic disease? What discoveries were changing the way scientists viewed infectious viruses?
5. How was Lily Pinneo exposed to the Lassa virus? Where was she sent after being infected?
6. What were Karl Johnson and Ron MacKenzie's first impressions of Bolivian hemorrhagic fever? What did the disease resemble?
7. What did the World Health Organization discover to be the source of the Marburg disease? Who was called in for further research?
8. Where was Peter Piot sent to research Ebola? Who worked with the CDC in Atlanta?
9. Where did Mandrella, Cargill, and Brinkmann go after being quarantined?
10. Where, aside from Jos, did Lassa virus epidemics occur? What was the source of the disease?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze and discuss the yellow fever epidemic in the 1970s and Joe McCormick's work in Brazil. How had the bacteria developed resistance to antibiotics and when was a vaccine finally developed? Why was spread of the disease possible in the US but less possible in South America?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss Paul Bres and his work with the WHO, and the development of Ebola hemorrhagic fever. Where did the disease first appear? What were the living conditions of the villagers like and how did this contribute to the spread of the disease?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss and analyze the environmental factors in the spread of the Manchupo virus. How did changes in farming techniques and pest eradication affect the environment in the village? What led to an infestation of mice in the area? How did the mouse urine end up in contact with the villagers?
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