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The virus kills all the cells in comes into contact with.

The virus breaks down upon contact with air.

The virus requires long incubation times before it replicates.

The virus mutates too quickly.

Across which three species does the virus in Contagion cross over (in-order starting with the first species, ending with the last species)?

Monkey - Pig - Human

Bird - Sheep - Human

Pig - Bat - Human

Chicken - Pig - Human

Bat - Pig - Human

What does R-0(R-zero or R-nought) represent?

The probability of surviving once infected with the virus - i.e. R-0 = 5 = 5%

The reproductive rate of the virus - number of infections each new infection creates.

The percentage of people likely to be immune to the virus.

The total number of infected people as a percentage of the population.

The inverse probability of surviving once infected with the virus - i.e. R-0 = 2 = 2%

How is the virus transmitted in Contagion?

Through close contact with mucous membranes.

Via fomites.

Via air.

Via contaminated blood.

Ingestion of contaminated water.

Who is the 'bad guy' in the film Outbreak...?

Major General Donald "Donnie" McClintock

Lieutenant Colonel Briggs

The Virus

Brigadier General Billy Ford

James "Jimbo" Scott

What was the virus in Outbreak original going to be used for?

Nothing, it was just a thought experiment

A treatment for a different illness

To destroy the American way of life

A bioweapon

To eradicate dense foliage in jungle terrain

In the film Outbreak, how was the virus transmitted to the United States?

By Sam Daniels

By a monkey

On an airplane

By a sailor

By a soldier

How did the outbreak in Cedar Creek begin to expand rapidly?

It mutated to an airborne species then spread in a cinema

Physical contact

It entered the water system

A lot of people caught it on an airplane

It mutated to avoid treatment