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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 public health agency issued a document about warning signs of Influenza strains in 2015?

2. When was Dengue first identified?

3. Who is the National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, named for?

4. What potentially deadly diarrhea does the overuse of antibiotics put patients at risk for?

5. What language does the word chikungunya come from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the two types of dengue disease Osterholm describes in Chapter 14?

2. What was the most serious complication of the Zika virus that merged in the Americas in 2015?

3. Why did so many young, healthy people die in the 1918 flu epidemic?

4. In Chapter 17, what is one remedy for antibiotic-resistant infections that Osterholm says will be more difficult, but not impossible, to develop?

5. Why does Osterholm think many doctors prescribe antibiotics even when they think they will do the patient no good?

6. In Chapter 18, what does John Barry, author of The Great Influenza, say is the first thing to understand about influenza?

7. What was the likely origin of the MERS outbreak that began in 2012?

8. In Chapter 12, why does Osterholm think President Obama's choice of Ron Klain to head his Ebola task force in 2014 was inspired?

9. How does Osterholm characterize most Americans' attitude towards mosquitoes?

10. What kind of virus is Ebola and why was it given this specific name?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the factors that Osterholm argues have to change in order for the world to have and execute an effective strategy for controlling mosquitoes, which are responsible for carrying pathogens that kill and sicken millions of people every year? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 3, how does Osterholm argue that the CDC likely made the problem of TSS (Toxic Shock Syndrome) linked to tampon use worse? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your agruments.

Essay Topic 3

Why was the zika virus so dangerous - and different from earlier zika outbreaks - when it emerged in South American in 2016? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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