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

2. Which part of Africa did the Ebola outbreak occur in in 2014?
(a) South.
(b) West.
(c) North.
(d) East.

3. In what American city did one case of Ebola send shockwaves in 2015?
(a) Dallas, Texas.
(b) Chicago, Illinois.
(c) San Francisco, California.
(d) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

4. What kind of virus are both the MERS and SARS viruses?
(a) Hemorrhagic fevers.
(b) Coronaviruses.
(c) Influenza.
(d) Prions.

5. Which illness did Osterholm initially fear his son might have contracted in Chapter 14?
(a) Bacterial meningitis.
(b) Marburg.
(c) SARS.
(d) Influenza.

Short Answer Questions

1. What brand of tampon turned out to be closely associated with cases of TSS in the 1980s?

2. How many people does the WHO estimate might be infected with latent tuberculosis?

3. What type of pneumonia did doctors begin to see in early HIV/AIDS patients?

4. What is the problem with the vaccine for yellow fever?

5. Which child of Osterholm's came across her sibling's unnamed case in a medical presentation while in medical school?

(see the answer key)

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