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

2. What organization did Osterholm found at the University of Minnesota?
(a) CDC.
(b) CIDRAP.
(c) MRYX.
(d) MARBAP.

3. Who was the George W. Bush-era Health and Human Services Secretary Osterholm has worked closely with?
(a) Tommy Thompson.
(b) Kristen Henderson.
(c) Michael Henry.
(d) Maria Solnar.

4. What is one way in which a person's immune system can overreact to a pathogen?
(a) By cutting back production of microbiome cells.
(b) By producing a cytokine storm.
(c) By producing too many red blood cells.
(d) By producing cancer cells.

5. What language does the word chikungunya come from?
(a) Malaysian.
(b) Indian.
(c) Makonde.
(d) Swahili.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was President George W. Bush's emergency plan for combating AIDS?

3. What does Osterholm say is currently the most important vector-borne virus disease that affects humans?

4. What chemical that used to be commonly used to kill mosquitoes became a public health and environmental concern as the years went on?

5. Where does Dr. Sean Wasserman worry there might be another yellow fever outbreak in the near future?

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