Extra credit MICR 201

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/