Infectous Agents

Hello All! I hope you are doing well :) Make sure you've handed in your case study from last week (The Blackout Syndrome) and that you have turned in your Chapter 17 textbook assignment.

I. Define each of the following types of biological agents that can cause infectious diseases:

A. Prions

B. Bacteria

C. Virus

D. Metazoa

E. Fungi

F. Protozoa

G. Rickettsia

II. Indicate a)which type of infectious agent causes the series of disease below and b)list two symptoms of each disease

A. Salmonella

B. Giardiasis

C. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy

D. Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

E. Influenza

F. Candidiasis

G. Measles

H. Typhus

I. Malaria

J. Methicillin resistance Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)


III. You will be making a small poster that contains the following information about your pathogen. Each card should fit one side of a 8.5 x 11 piece of paper and contain the following:

• The Name of your pathogen
• Picture of pathogen or transmission vector
• Brief description of pathogen (virus or bacteria, etc./shape/etc.)
• Offenses
• Attacks-transmission and description of infection target (if any)
• Outcome-name and brief description of the associated disease resulting from infection 
• Incubation-time from infection to presentation of symptoms (days, weeks, months, or years)
• Duration-typical length of infection
• Power-virulence and fatality rate
• Defenses
• Vaccine-name and brief description of developed vaccine (if any)
• Behavioral-preventative behavior to avoid infection
• Treatment-description of treatment if infected