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Team Project on Infectious Disease Outbreaks: Detailed Report Guidelines

This team project focuses on current infectious disease outbreaks in the news. Teams of 2-4 members will research and summarize a recent news article on a significant infectious disease agent. Each report must include findings from the article, details on microbiology, disease transmission, symptoms, pathogenic factors, and public health measures. Each submission should follow the specified formatting, include references, and be a maximum of three pages. Team members must provide their names, CIN numbers, and signatures.

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Team Project on Infectious Disease Outbreaks: Detailed Report Guidelines

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  1. Extra credit MICR 201 Turn in on 10.25.2010 at the beginning of the class meeting (Midterm day) 10 pts Team work (2 – 4 members only per team; individual work and work from teams with more members is not accepted)

  2. Outbreaks in the News(20 pts maximal) • Form a team (minimum 2 members, maximum 4 members) and assign responsibilities for the sections outlined below: • (5 pts) Find a news report published by a general news agency within the past 6 months on an infectious disease agent of public concern (multiple people affected at the same time) and summarize the findings of the article ( in your own words (~1/2 a page). • (5 pts) Describe the microbiology of the infectious disease agent (gram behavior, shape, how to culture, if culturable, how is it identified in the clinical lab? (~1/2 -1 page page) • (5 pts) Describe the disease(s) the organism causes including how it spreads and what the symptoms and signs are. Describe the main pathogenicity factors. (how does it cause disease). (~ ½ - 1 page) • (5 pts) What are public health measures to determine whether there is an outbreak? Which tests are used to confirm a common source? Explain the tests (1/2 – 1 page) • Prepare your report with double spacing. You can include images provided you cite them properly. • List your references. • No more than 3 pages. • Turn in the report along with a copy of the original news report. Each team member must provide their name, CIN number, and signature. • You can use as sources your text book, any other current Microbiology text book, and the following relevant web sites: • Los Angeles Public Health Department: http://www.lapublichealth.org/ • United States Department of Health and Human Services: http://www.os.dhhs.gov/ • Center of Disease Control (CDC): http://www.cdc.gov • World Health Organization (WHO): http://www.who.int/en/ • National Institutes of Health (NIH): http://www.health.nih.gov/

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