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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. To what do the initials "DNA" refer?

2. In what country was Jordi Casals born?

3. Where did Ron MacKenzie return after taking blood samples in Bolivia in Chapter 1: "Machupo"?

4. After his work with famine relief efforts, Uwe Brinkmann was dubbed by Germans as a __________.

5. Who was treating Bernhard Mandrella for the Lassa virus when he met Kent Campbell?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Del Conn contract disease while studying in Zaire? What difficulties did he encounter in leaving the country?

2. What viruses made impacts in the United States, according to the author in Chapter 6: "American Bicentennial"? When did they occur?

3. What is the central focus of The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance? What is the author's message to the reader as established in the Preface and Introduction?

4. What did the World Health Organization discover to be the source of the Marburg disease? Who was called in for further research?

5. What did Karl Johnson's team discover to be the source of Bolivian hemorrhagic fever? What was done to eradicate the disease?

6. How does the author describe the AIDS epidemic in the book's Introduction? What measures were taken to monitor the disease?

7. In Chapter 4, who was transported to Germany following infection of the Lassa virus?

8. What backlash did the CDC meet after vaccinating against swine flu?

9. How is modernization defined? What are the effects of modernization according to the author in the Introduction?

10. What led to Lily Pinneo's blood being used for antibodies?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss and analyze the environmental factors in the spread of the Manchupo virus. How did changes in farming techniques and pest eradication affect the environment in the village? What led to an infestation of mice in the area? How did the mouse urine end up in contact with the villagers?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss Ron MacKenzie, Karl Johnson, and the outbreak of Bolivian hemorrhagic fever. What symptoms of the disease were similar to Junin? What role did the CDC play in disease prevention? What role did the World Health Organization play?

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