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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. When Johnson and MacKenzie became ill in Chapter 1: "Machupo," they were saved by a doctor who had treated a similar disease in __________.
2. In the beginning of Chapter 5: "Yambuku," the author describes a man in Yambuku who was treated for an illness like _____________.
3. The term antibiotic was coined by whom?
4. Soon after the first outbreak described in Chapter 5: "Yambuku," another outbreak was seen at the hospital in what location?
5. What refers to the disease fighting white blood cells that help the immune system fight off infection?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 4, who was transported to Germany following infection of the Lassa virus?
2. How was Lily Pinneo exposed to the Lassa virus? Where was she sent after being infected?
3. 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?
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 contract in the beginning of Chapter 1: "Machupo"? Who had traveled to Bolivia and what did this scientist find upon his arrival?
6. How did Joe McCormick help to eradicate a resistant form of meningitis?
7. In Chapter 2, how does author Laurie Garrett describe the evolution of healthcare following the introduction of antibiotics?
8. What backlash did the CDC meet after vaccinating against swine flu?
9. How does the author describe the initial outbreak of the Ebola virus? How many people initially died in Yambuku?
10. How does the author describe the AIDS epidemic in the book's Introduction? What measures were taken to monitor the disease?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and analyze the work of Dr. Jeanette Troup and Lily Pinneo. Where were Troup and Pinneo when they encountered the Lassa virus? Why did Pinneo recover from her infection? Who was given transfusions of Pinneo's blood and what reaction did they have?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the history and development of penicillin and the Institute of Medicine's panel on AIDS in the 1990s, as examined in the book's Introduction. What was discussed at the panel and what impact did it have on the spread of AIDS? By what decade does the author write that AIDS was an epidemic in the book's Introduction?
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