2. An epidemic of what disease proved that the United States was in rough shape and in need of timely vaccinations?
(a) Schistosomiasis.
(b) Measles.
(c) Dengue fever.
(d) Yellow fever.

3. Leprosy has affected humanity for over how many years?
(a) 4,000.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 7,500.

4. In Chapter 11: "Hatari: Vinidogodogo," where were the doctors following a particularly virulent strain of herpes?
(a) Magdalena.
(b) Lagos.
(c) Kinshasha.
(d) Lusaka.

5. Some bacteria began using spore formation to defend against antibiotics, and this worked well against ___________.
(a) Chlorine.
(b) Citric acid.
(c) DDT.
(d) Alcohol.

6. In Chapter 7: "N'zara," Joe McCormick was called to _____________ during his Lassa research.
(a) Monrovia.
(b) Lusaka.
(c) Magdalena.
(d) Kinshasha.

7. Chapter 9: "Microbe Magnets" explains that prior to ___________ large cities were rare, and most of the illness threats were parasitic.
(a) 2000 B.C.
(b) 500 A.D.
(c) 1500 A.D.
(d) 6000 B.C.

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

9. Lyme disease is an emerging infectious disease caused by at least three species of bacteria belonging to what genus?
(a) Borrelia.
(b) Junin.
(c) Pneumocystis.
(d) Schistosomiasis.

10. The genus Salmonella was named after what American veterinary pathologist?
(a) Ron MacKenzie.
(b) Daniel Elmer Salmon.
(c) Joe McCormick.
(d) Jim McDermott.

11. The WHO Global Program on AIDS noted three social epidemics within the biological one of AIDS. What was the first of these social epidemics?
(a) Repression of those with the plague.
(b) Acceptance of the plague.
(c) Fear of the plague.
(d) Denial of the plague.

12. In Chapter 15: "All in Good Haste," an outbreak of a respiratory illness that caused death broke out in reservations in New Mexico in what year?
(a) 1988.
(b) 2002.
(c) 1993.
(d) 1996.

13. Which United States Representative showed that the poor areas of India were already seeing an epidemic by 1991?
(a) Fred Murphy.
(b) Jim McDermott.
(c) Alexander Fleming.
(d) Ron MacKenzie.

14. In the United States, the tuberculosis crisis peaked in 1830 and what other year?
(a) 1908.
(b) 1922.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1896.

15. The hantavirus was first seen in what year?
(a) 1895.
(b) 1936.
(c) 1951.
(d) 1927.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Africa, Peter Piot recalled seeing a case similar to the early AIDS cases in the 1970s, and he found three more cases on the books, all from __________.

2. What disease did children with malaria contract after being required to have nearly complete blood transfusions?

3. A study in Africa related to TB showed its decrease was likely due to what?

4. When E coli 0157:H7 arrived, transmitted from contaminated meat, which argument became clear?

5. What organ does tuberculosis usually attack?

(see the answer keys)

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