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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17: Searching for Solutions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A WHO research team discovered all the original patients of the mystery disease had handled monkeys from ___________.
(a) Uganda.
(b) Tanzania.
(c) Panama.
(d) Zaire.

2. Jordi Casals proved that the Lassa virus was spread through ______________.
(a) Cats.
(b) Rodents.
(c) Roaches.
(d) Ants.

3. What leader in infectious disease was called in to test the deadly virus against samples of thousands of viruses in his lab in Chapter 3: "Monkey Kidneys and the Ebbing Tides"?
(a) Clint Nyamurkunge.
(b) Daniel Elmer Salmon.
(c) Jodi Casals.
(d) Uwe Brinkmann.

4. What is a form of pneumonia caused by the yeast-like fungus Pneumocystis jirovecii?
(a) Pneumocystis pneumonia.
(b) Schistosomiasis.
(c) Swine Flu.
(d) Junin.

5. In Russia, a poor health care system that was impoverished following the fall of Communism forced the reuse of _______________.
(a) Specimen vials.
(b) Transfusion apparatus.
(c) Surgical gloves.
(d) Syringes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Joe McCormick met with scientists from what country that wanted samples of the Lassa virus?

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

3. Where did Adam Cargill go after being released from a holding facility in Chapter 4?

4. The first epidemic of Legionnaires' disease occurred during what month in the year 1976?

5. East and West Germany merged in what year, causing AIDS to strike fiercely?

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