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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. Who discovered that the flu lived harmlessly in pig mucus, and thus, dubbed the new virus swine flu?
2. Soon after the first outbreak described in Chapter 5: "Yambuku," another outbreak was seen at the hospital in what location?
3. Where was Peter Piot sent to study the virus later known as Ebola?
4. Chapter 1: "Machupo," Karl Johnson found himself deathly ill with what disease?
5. Karl Johnson's team realized that in San Joaquin, there were no ________ as a result of DDT spraying in Chapter 1: "Machupo."
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Del Conn contract disease while studying in Zaire? What difficulties did he encounter in leaving the country?
2. How was Lily Pinneo exposed to the Lassa virus? Where was she sent after being infected?
3. What led to the death of Dr. Troup? Where was the source of the virus determined to be from?
4. What did Karl Johnson's team discover to be the source of Bolivian hemorrhagic fever? What was done to eradicate the disease?
5. Where did Mandrella, Cargill, and Brinkmann go after being quarantined?
6. How does the author describe the initial outbreak of the Ebola virus? How many people initially died in Yambuku?
7. How is modernization defined? What are the effects of modernization according to the author in the Introduction?
8. What impact did the outbreak of Legionnaires' disease have on United States policy? Where did the outbreak occur?
9. What led to the wane of study on parasitic disease? What discoveries were changing the way scientists viewed infectious viruses?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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 3
Describe and analyze the political strife between France and Germany regarding the Lassa virus and the quarantine and release of Mandrella, Brinkmann, and Cargill. What work did these researchers continue after their release? Also discuss the work of Kent Campbell on the Lassa virus. Who did Campbell begin testing for the virus in Africa and what were his findings?
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