Foundations in Microbiology 9th Edition by Kathleen Park Talaro, Barry Chess

Exercise 4

Critical thinking is the ability to reason and solve problems using facts and concepts. These question can be approached from a number of angles, and in most cases, they do not have a single correct answer.
a. Explain what characteristics of virus and host make zoonotic diseases possible and difficult to control.
b. Make a diagram that details the progression of arboviruses from deep in the Amazon rain forest to Florida or from Central Africa to Seattle, Washington (as happened with West Nile fever virus).
c. Observe the graph showing case reports for arboviral encephalitis from 2008-2013. Describe the general pattern that is evident and analyze the factors that would cause it.