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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Chapters 12 - 14).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the serious condition that the Zika virus sometimes causes in babies?
(a) Paralysis.
(b) Microcephaly.
(c) Blindness.
(d) Epilepsy.

2. What are the unchanging features of a virus called?
(a) Conserved.
(b) Stable.
(c) Stalked.
(d) Static.

3. What was the 1918 flu epidemic commonly known as?
(a) The Italian Flu.
(b) The British Flu.
(c) The Spanish Flu.
(d) The War Flu.

4. What disease did Edward Jenner help discover the first means of vaccination for?
(a) Measles.
(b) Smallpox.
(c) Polio.
(d) Mumps.

5. What does the One Health movement strive to do?
(a) Emphasize the idea that we need to understand the health of both humans and animals to prevent human disease.
(b) Try to foster public health information-sharing between countries.
(c) Try to find new vaccines for use in the developing world.
(d) Emphasize that it is the health of the individual that is the most important.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Osterholm refer to vaccinations?

2. When did Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans?

3. What prevents some people from finishing their doses of malaria medication?

4. What was the average life-expectancy in the United States in the year 1900?

5. What is the abbreviation for the combination vaccine for diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis?

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