Pathogen Most Wanted Poster.pdf

Pathogen Wanted Poster Research Project(3 rd Quarter Project)For the 4 th Quarter Project, you be will be researching one of the pathogens in the list belowand you will produce a "Wanted Poster." In this project, you will be working individually.You will be able to choose one of the pathogens below and you will sign up for that pathogen(no two students will be researching the same disease). BE CREATIVE and have fun!It is the last quarter project of the year!Project Description:A. Make a wanted poster for one of the pathogens listed on the back. Poster is to be on a regular 8.5” x 11” pieceof paper. A “mug shot” of your pathogen should appear on the front of the poster with a detailed description onthe back (if you need more than one sheet of paper for the description, just staple second sheet to the poster).The poster should include:1) “Mug shot” of the suspect (5 points)a. The photo can be hand drawn or a picture from the internet. If you use a photograph from theinternet/book/magazine/etc.…you MUST cite the picture2) Description of the suspect (5 points)a. Is the suspect a bacteria, virus, or parasite? What does it look like? Identify key characteristics that will help someoneidentify it.3) Organism's mode of operation or m.o. (police jargon) (5 points)a. How does the suspect attack? How does it spread?4) Most common victims to prey upon (5 points)5) “Hide out” of the culprit (5 points)a. Where is the suspect most likely to be found? What body system(s) does the suspect affect?6) Most common injury done to victim (5 points)a. What are the symptoms of the victim?7) Is it considered armed and dangerous? (5 points)a. Rate the degree of damage caused? Is it lethal?8) Number of victims, age group most effected, gender most effected, etc… (5 points)9) Most effective weapons against the suspect (5 points)a. Treatment for the disease, possible cure for the disease10) Any other identifying characteristics (such as “tattoos” – cell surface markers, etc.) (5 points)B. You will need at least 5 sources listed in a bibliography and you will hand these in with your poster. (5 points)

C. Time Used in Class (10 points)**You will be in the computer lab for 2 class periods and points will be allotted based on if time is used properly. If you donot use time efficiently (e.g. talking with friends, going to websites that do not pertain to assignment, working on otherhomework, etc.), points will be taken off.List of Usual SuspectsBacterial Pathogen Disease Name Viral Pathogen Disease NameBacillus anthracis anthrax Varicella spp. Chicken PoxBordetella pertussis whooping cough Vaicella spp. Small PoxClostridium botulinum botulism Polio poliomyelitisClostridium perfringens gas gangrene Hepatitis AClostridium tetani tetanus Hepatitis BCorynebacterium diphtheria diphtheria Hepatitis C HCVEscherichia coliacute pyelonephritisHantavirusHantavirus PulmonarySyndromeFrancisella tularensis tularemia or rabbit fever Ebola Hemorrhagic FeverHemophilus influenzae meningitis Legionella pneumophila Legionnaires DiseaseLactobacillus acidophiluscavitiesSARS coronavirusSevere AcuteRespiratory SyndromMycobacterium leprae leprosy (Hansen's disease) Parasitic Pathogens Disease NameMycobacterium tuberculosis tuberculosis Plasmodium spp. MalariaNeisseria gonorrhoeaeNeisseria meningitidisRickettsia richettsiigonorrhoeaspinal menigitisRocky Mountain SpottedFeverTrypanosoma spp.Leishmania donovaniEnterobius vermicularisRickettsia prowazekii typhus Toxoplasma gondiiAfrican SleepingSicknessDum-Dum Fever, kalaazarperianal pruritus(pinworm)Salmonella typhi typhoid fever Naegleria fowleri MeningoencephalitisSalmonella typhimurium food poisoning Dranuculus medinesisShigella dysenteriae dysentery Nosopsyllus fasciatus (vector) plagueStreptococcus mutans cavities Ixodes spp (vector) Lymes diseaseStreptococcus pneumoniae pneumonia Giardia lamblia GiardiaStreptococcus (group A) scarlet fever Tenia spp. TapewormStreptococcus (group A) rheumatic fever Schistosoma spp. SchistosomiasisTreponema pallidum syphilis Trichinella spp. TrichinosisTreponema pertenue yaws Fungal Pathogens Disease NameVibrio cholerae cholera Ringworm DermatophytosisYersinia pestis Plague Trichophyton rubrum Athlete’s FootStaphylococcus aureusStaph infections