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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. Laurie Garrett researched for The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance as a fellow at what institution?
2. 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.
3. When Bernhard Mandrella went in for treatment for the Lassa virus, he was given blood from whom?
4. The first epidemic of Legionnaires' disease occurred during what month in the year 1976?
5. In what country was Jordi Casals born?
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. How does the author describe the initial outbreak of the Ebola virus? How many people initially died in Yambuku?
4. How was Lily Pinneo exposed to the Lassa virus? Where was she sent after being infected?
5. What did the Centers for Disease Control do upon learning of the Ebola epidemic?
6. What backlash did the CDC meet after vaccinating against swine flu?
7. What led to the wane of study on parasitic disease? What discoveries were changing the way scientists viewed infectious viruses?
8. How is modernization defined? What are the effects of modernization according to the author in the Introduction?
9. How did Joe McCormick help to eradicate a resistant form of meningitis?
10. Where was Peter Piot sent to research Ebola? Who worked with the CDC in Atlanta?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Describe the history of the World Bank and its involvement in lending for modernization in underdeveloped nations. What were the impacts of these developments? What obstacles did Joe McCormick encounter in his work in Africa with the Lassa virus? Why?
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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