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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 one aspect Osterholm identifies as favorable for virus transmission in his "current world conditions" category in Chapter 8?
(a) Humans having more surgeries.
(b) Humans swimming in rivers.
(c) Close contact between humans and animals.
(d) Humans sharing more drinks and food.

2. What is a term meaning that a pathogen causes severe and fatal disease?
(a) Black-out potential.
(b) Death-potential.
(c) High-pathogenicity.
(d) Stark mark.

3. Which two cities were initially on the WHO's travel alert because of SARS in 2003?
(a) New York and Beijing.
(b) Chicago and Hong Kong.
(c) Los Angeles and Hong Kong.
(d) Guangdong and Hong Kong.

4. How many Nobel Prizes have been awarded to recipients who have contributed to the fight against malaria?
(a) 5.
(b) 20.
(c) 2.
(d) 10.

5. About how much money is spent on AIDS vaccine research every year?
(a) About one billion dollars.
(b) About 500 million dollars.
(c) About 10 million dollars.
(d) About 100 million dollars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of the study former British Prime Minister David Cameron commissioned and mentioned to Barack Obama in 2016?

2. How are vector-borne diseases spread?

3. Which organ did an American health care worker harbor Ebola virus in for quite a while after he had been cured of the disease?

4. Which illness did Osterholm initially fear his son might have contracted in Chapter 14?

5. How many West African children were orphaned by the Ebola outbreak in 2014?

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