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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13: Revenge of the Germs.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kent Campbell began testing whom for the Lassa virus in Chapter 4?
(a) Irish nuns.
(b) German soldiers.
(c) Canadian hospital workers.
(d) Iranian refugees.

2. What disease did children with malaria contract after being required to have nearly complete blood transfusions?
(a) Junin.
(b) Schistosomiasis.
(c) HIV.
(d) Measles.

3. Blackwater fever was caused by the overuse of what substance?
(a) Quinine.
(b) Vitamin A.
(c) Cod liver oil.
(d) Alcohol.

4. Jordi Casals proved that the Lassa virus was spread through ______________.
(a) Roaches.
(b) Ants.
(c) Rodents.
(d) Cats.

5. To what drugs was the herpes epidemic resistant?
(a) Antiviral.
(b) Antibacterial.
(c) Omnibacterial.
(d) Superviral.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the woman that researchers tracked the outbreak of the Lassa virus to had been hospitalized, how many people became ill in Chapter 4?

2. By what year did the World Bank see the need for better health care in poorly developed countries?

3. According to the author in Chapter 13, what were vital to cell transformation?

4. The Uganda-Tanzania War took place during what years?

5. Joe McCormick met with scientists from what country that wanted samples of the Lassa virus?

(see the answer key)

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