Name ________________________________
Period __________
Define the following Terms http://www.vaccines.gov/more_info/glossary/index.html#
Infectious
Virus
Quarantine
Vaccine
immunity
Pandemic
Epidemic
Epidemiology
outbreak
1. Which two animals did this emerging disease (virus) from the movie, Contagion
originally start?
2. Why are emerging diseases a cause for global concern?
3. Emerging diseases are monitored by:
At the state level ________________________
In the USA by _______________________
Globally ___________________________
4. Which agency in the movie was trying to determine where this particular virus
started and determine patient X?
_____________________
5. Which agency in the movie was trying to determine who the virus spread and how to
develop a vaccine?
____________________
6. Why is it important that international and local government agencies work together
to control the spread of emerging diseases?
Read article 1 to answer the questions below:
7. Explain Dr. Zuger’s opinion about how realistic “Contagion” is when it comes to
portraying how a pandemic might play out on a global scale. Compare Zuger’s article
with the movie.
Zuger’s article
Film
Host animal for Nipah
virus
Mortality rate for Nipah
virus
Spread of the disease
8. Does the author’s statement from article 1 that “pandemics are never everywhere”
ring true in your knowledge of these or other contagious diseases (H1N1, measles,
SARS)?
9. In your own words, explain what the author means when she says “Medicine has
become a team sport, and public health even more so.”
Read article 2 and answer questions 10-11.
10. How can using social media help epidemiologists?
11. Describe two limitations of using social media to help analyze disease outbreaks.
Use notes and class discussion to finish the questions below:
12. At one point during the film the government considered that the virus spread was
due to bio terrorism. Describe the bio terrorism event that happened in the USA
from 2011-2012.
a) What was the disease of this event? _______________
b) How was it introduced to the population?
c) What is the difference between a suspected case and confirmed case?
d) In order to analyze this outbreak, the CDC had to look at several pieces of data.
Explain what each of the pieces of data is and the purpose of analyzing this
data.
Case List
What is it?
What is the purpose?
Map
What is it?
What is the purpose?
Onset Graphs
What is it?
What is the purpose?
Exposure Graphs
What is it?
What is the purpose?