The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance Quiz

Laurie Garrett

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Where was Peter Piot sent to study the virus later known as Ebola? (from Chapter 5: Yambuku)

Tanzania.

Spain.

Egypt.

Zaire.

2.

After his work with famine relief efforts, Uwe Brinkmann was dubbed by Germans as a __________. (from Chapter 4: Into the Woods)

Conservative.

Liberal.

Communist.

Federalist.

3.

The genus Salmonella was named after what American veterinary pathologist? (from Chapter 13: Revenge of the Germs)

Jim McDermott.

Daniel Elmer Salmon.

Joe McCormick.

Ron MacKenzie.

4.

What vast interconnected network of physicians and medical staff all over the world now allows physicians to be in contact with over fifteen nations? (from Chapter 17: Searching for Solutions)

NAFTA.

Department of Homeland Security.

MorphaSystems.

SatelLife.

5.

In what year did the CDC call the first International AIDS Conference? (from Chapter 11: Hatari: Vinidogodogo and Chapter 12: Feminine Hygiene)

1991.

1985.

2002.

1996.

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