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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. According to the author in Chapter 2: "Health Transition," the efforts to eradicate _______ actually made the disease more rampant.
2. In Chapter 4: "Into the Woods," the author writes that Uwe Brinkmann, Bernhard Mandrella, Adam Cargill, and three nurses were taken to an isolated facility in which location?
3. The disease that Ron MacKenzie went to Bolivia to investigate in Chapter 1: "Machupo" was dubbed by local doctors as ____________.
4. Soon after the funeral of the first victim in Chapter 5, the mission was filled with the disease and some of the mission nurses were sent to ______________ to recover.
5. The outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in 1976 forced through the bills regarding _____________.
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the author describe the initial outbreak of Marburg disease? What were the symptoms of the disease?
2. With whom did Karl Johnson work to develop a safety measure for the doctors in Bolivia in Chapter 1: "Machupo"? What was found in San Joaquin?
3. How did Joe McCormick help to eradicate a resistant form of meningitis?
4. What led to the wane of study on parasitic disease? What discoveries were changing the way scientists viewed infectious viruses?
5. Where was Peter Piot sent to research Ebola? Who worked with the CDC in Atlanta?
6. What did the Centers for Disease Control do upon learning of the Ebola epidemic?
7. How is modernization defined? What are the effects of modernization according to the author in the Introduction?
8. How does the author describe the initial outbreak of the Ebola virus? How many people initially died in Yambuku?
9. What did Karl Johnson contract in the beginning of Chapter 1: "Machupo"? Who had traveled to Bolivia and what did this scientist find upon his arrival?
10. What were the results of attempts to eradicate malaria?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze and discuss the political elements of mass immunizations. What backlash came about from the swine flu vaccination campaign? How was the CDC impacted by lawsuits? What recent attempts at vaccinations have been controversial and why?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss the outbreak of Marburg disease and attempts to control the epidemic. How many individuals were infected and what was their prognosis? Where did the disease originate and what carried it and exposed it to humans?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and discuss the initial outbreak of Legionnaires' disease. How did the outbreak impact legislation and policy regarding vaccinations for swine flu? Also discuss the dismissal of David Sencer from the CDC. How did the events surrounding his dismissal affect Americans' views regarding the CDC? How did this raise distrust for vaccination policies?
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