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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. Which United States Representative showed that the poor areas of India were already seeing an epidemic by 1991?

2. In what state is the town of Lyme, for which Lyme disease was named, located?

3. The author notes in Chapter 16 that when humans throw off nature's balance and cause smaller diversity, what emerges?

4. What did GRID stand for when it was first applied to the AIDS epidemic?

5. The Aswan High Dam was constructed during what decade?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe the initial occurrences of AIDS in Chapter 11? Where were the outbreaks first seen?

2. What illness broke out in New Mexico in 1993? How many people died?

3. When was the hantavirus first discovered? What was the source of the epidemics?

4. How does the author describe the evolution of staph infections in Chapter 13: "Revenge of the Germs"?

5. What was the impact of antibiotics given to animals, as discussed in Chapter 13: "Revenge of the Germs"?

6. What were the reasons that poverty stricken areas encouraged drug resistant bacteria?

7. How does the author describe the correlation between tampons and outbreaks of TSS in Chapter 12?

8. How did the discovery of genetic engineering change the views of the scientific community?

9. What was the impact of resistant microbes in third world countries?

10. What are retroviruses and oncogenes? What was discovered about them in Chapter 8: "Revolution"?

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 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 3

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?

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