Assignment 5 - Hot Zones
Name: ______________________________________
Answer the following questions as you watch the documentary “Hot Zones”.
Malaria in East Africa:
1. How many people in Kombewa, at any one time, are infected with malaria? How many Kombewa
children will die from the disease before they turn five?
2. What is the role of mosquitoes in spreading the disease?
3. What is causing fish populations to decline in Lake Victoria, threatening the livelihood of people in
Kombewa?
4. Why is malaria becoming more prevalent in Nairobi?
5. What is the unemployment rate in the Nairobi slum, Kibera?
6. What urban services does Kibera lack?
7. What are some measures that people could take to reduce malaria infection?
8. Where can people find treatment for the disease?
9. If people know how to prevent the spread of malaria and how to cure it, why do you think so many
people in East Africa are still coming down with the disease?
10. Malaria used to be a serious and widespread disease in the United States. Why do you think we
hardly see it anymore?
Malaria and Dengue Fever in South America:
1. How much has the incidence of malaria increased in Peru?
2. What did investigators find was the cause of the increase in Amazonian Indian villages?
3. How many people worldwide die from malaria every year?
4. How are humans creating ideal conditions for the dengue-carrying Aedes mosquitoes to breed?
5. How might malaria and dengue in Nairobi and Iquitos arrive quickly in the United States?
West Nile Virus in New York:
1. How much does the United States spend annually to screen infectious diseases from entering the
country?
2. How did people think West Nile virus arrived in the United States?
3. How many people has it infected?
4. Why are people investigating dead crows and other birds?
Conclusion:
1. What can people do to reduce mosquito-borne diseases?
2. How mosquito-borne diseases in poor, developing countries affect us in the United States?