Chapter 7 The Hot Zone

AME

DeGraffenreid

Fall 2017

As you read chapter 7 “Ebola River”, answer the following in COMPLETE sentences.

  1. What strain of Ebola is Mr. Yu G responsible for?
  2. What happened to the two men who worked with Mr. Yu G?
  3. What is one possible reason the Ebola Sudan outbreak subsided?
  4. How did the nuns at Yambuku hospital help the virus?
  5. Who had the first known case of Ebola Zaire?
  6. What is Ebola named after?
  7. What is pavementing?
  8. What does Ebola cause the patient to do in the final stages and how might this be a strategy of success for the virus?
  9. Why would the appearance of the nun’s room cause some to question the “nature of the Supreme Being”?
  10. Who was Mayinga and what role did she play in this epidemic?
  11. How does President Mobutu try to stop the epidemic from spreading?
  12. What is the Special Pathogens Branch?
  13. What were the “worms” that Fred had?
  14. What is a common reaction of doctors that are about to enter a hot zone?
  15. How did Frederick Murphy react when he realized what was under his microscope?
  16. Did anyone catch Ebola from nurse Mayinga?

Chapter 7 The Hot Zone

AME

DeGraffenreid

Fall 2017

As you read chapter 7 “Ebola River”, answer the following in COMPLETE sentences.

  1. What strain of Ebola is Mr. Yu G responsible for?
  2. What happened to the two men who worked with Mr. Yu G?
  3. What is one possible reason the Ebola Sudan outbreak subsided?
  4. How did the nuns at Yambuku hospital help the virus?
  5. Who had the first known case of Ebola Zaire?
  6. What is Ebola named after?
  7. What is pavementing?
  8. What does Ebola cause the patient to do in the final stages and how might this be a strategy of success for the virus?
  9. Why would the appearance of the nun’s room cause some to question the “nature of the Supreme Being”?
  10. Who was Mayinga and what role did she play in this epidemic?
  11. How does President Mobutu try to stop the epidemic from spreading?
  12. What is the Special Pathogens Branch?
  13. What were the “worms” that Fred had?
  14. What is a common reaction of doctors that are about to enter a hot zone?
  15. How did Frederick Murphy react when he realized what was under his microscope?
  16. Did anyone catch Ebola from nurse Mayinga?