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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which doctor was responsible for figuring out the source of a cholera outbreak in London in the 1850s?
2. What can anthrax be hidden in its dried form, according to Osterholm?
3. How many people does the WHO estimate might be infected with latent tuberculosis?
4. Who introduced the term "black swan event"?
5. Which professional was responsible for naming the HIV/AIDS virus in the early 1980s?
Short Essay Questions
1. What were the two relatively rare conditions doctors began seeing in patients at the outset of the AIDS epidemic?
2. Which populations are most affected by malaria infections?
3. Who is considered one of the first creators of the vaccine, and what illness did this person discover the earliest form of the vaccine for?
4. What is one sometimes fatal reaction the human body has to microbes, especially in those with strong immune systems?
5. What is one of the factors Osterholm thinks contributed to the anti-vaccine movement?
6. Why was Dr. Jonas Salk such a hero to so many parents in the 1950s?
7. How was Osterholm personally affected by the AIDS epidemic?
8. In Osterholm's opinion, how do our influenza vaccines need to change?
9. What is one of the reasons human are at a disadvantage to microbes?
10. What does Osterholm say public health science is based on, and how does the public perceive these things?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
According to Osterholm, what is the relationship between widespread antibiotic use in livestock and the proliferation of antibiotic-resistant bacteria? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 2
In Chapter 14, what were some of the most important measures doctors and public health officials around the world enacted to help get the SARS outbreak in the early 2000s under control? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 3
What are some of the reasons Osterholm puts forward to explain why new vaccine production takes so long, from start to finish? Write an essay explaining your answers.
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