The Secrets of Yellow Fever Review

How much of "The Secret of the Yellow Death" do you remember?

• Everything!

• A lot of the story, but not everything

• Less than half

• It had something to do with bugs...right?

Is this a fiction or nonfiction story?

• Fiction (Nothing about this is real)

• Nonfiction (This is talking about real people and events)

What was the disease we were learning about?

• Yellow Fever

• Covid-19

• The Spanish Influenza

• Whooping Cough

The U.S. Army sent Dr. Reed and his team to what country to study Yellow Fever?

• The United States

• Mexico

• Cuba

• Greenland

What were the three theories they had on how Yellow Fever was passed from person to person?

• From guinea pigs bites

• By touching the clothing and bedding of people who had Yellow Fever

• By drinking dirty water

• From the bacteria Bacillus icteroides

• From mosquito bites

Which two theories have they been able to disprove?

• By touching the clothing and bedding of people who had Yellow Fever you can get Yellow Fever

• From being exposed to the bacteria Bacillus icteroides

• From the bite of a mosquito who had bitten someone with Yellow Fever

What happened to Dr. Carroll?

• He gave up and went home.

• He discovered a cure to Yellow Fever.

• He was bitten by a mosquito used in the experiment and came down with Yellow Fever.

Do male or female mosquitoes drink blood?

• male

• female

Which of our 4 scientists really believed in the mosquito theory and was trying to prove it?

• Dr. Reed

• Dr. Carroll

• Dr. Agramonte

• Dr. Lazear

Why was it so important for these men to figure out how Yellow Fever is spread?