Pathogen Wanted Poster Research Project



Pathogen Wanted Poster Research Project

For the this Project, you be will be researching one of the pathogens in the list below and 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!

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 piece of paper. Mug shot should be on the front with a DETAILED description on the 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 the internet/book/magazine/etc.…you MUST cite the picture

2. Description of the suspect (10 points)

a. Is the suspect a bacteria, virus, fungus or parasite? What does it physically look like? Size? Kingdom/Phylum/etc? Identify key characteristics that will help someone identify it. Give details and be specific!

3. Organism's mode of operation or m.o. (police jargon) (10 points)

a. How does the suspect attack? How does it spread?

b. Does the pathogen have any accomplices? (other organisms that carry the disease) Describe how the pathogen gets around.

4. Most common victims to prey upon (humans, dogs, etc..) (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?

b. How many days is a person sick?

8. Number of victims per year, age group most effected, sex most effected, etc…

(5 points)

9. Most effective weapons against the suspect (5 points)

a. Treatment for the disease, possible cure for the disease

B. Neatness and Creativity (10 points)

a. Correct grammar, spelling, complete sentences, etc…

C. You will need at least 5 sources in APA format and you will hand these in with your poster. (10 points)

**** (refer to library website****

D. Time Used in Class (10 points)

a. You will be in the computer lab for 2 class periods and pointed will be allotted time used properly. If you do not use time efficiently (e.g. talking with friends, going to websites that do not pertain to assignment, working on other homework, etc..), points will be taken off.

Project Poster DUE!

List of Suspects

|Bacterial Pathogen |Disease Name |Viral Pathogen |Disease Name | |

|Bacillus anthracis |anthrax |Varicella spp. |Chicken Pox | |

|Bordetella pertussis |whooping cough |Vaicella spp. |Small Pox | |

|Clostridium botulinum |botulism |Polio |poliomyelitis | |

|Clostridium perfringens |gas gangrene |Hepatitis A | | |

|Clostridium tetani |tetanus |Hepatitis B | | |

|Corynebacterium diphtheria |diphtheria |Hepatitis C |HCV | |

|Escherichia coli |acute pyelonephritis |Hantavirus |Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome| |

|Francisella tularensis |tularemia or rabbit fever |Ebola |Hemorrhagic Fever | |

|Hemophilus influenzae |meningitis |Legionella pneumophila |Legionnaires Disease | |

|Mycobacterium leprae |leprosy (Hansen's disease) |SARS coronavirus |Severe Acute Respiratory | |

| | | |Syndrom | |

|Mycobacterium tuberculosis |tuberculosis |Parasitic Pathogens |Disease Name | |

|Neisseria gonorrhoeae |gonorrhoea |Plasmodium spp. |Malaria | |

|Neisseria meningitidis |spinal menigitis |Trypanosoma spp. |African Sleeping Sickness | |

|Rickettsia richettsii |Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever |Leishmania donovani |Dum-Dum Fever, kala-azar | |

|Rickettsia prowazekii |typhus |Enterobius vermicularis |perianal pruritus (pinworm) | |

|Salmonella typhi |typhoid fever |Toxoplasma gondii | | |

|Salmonella typhimurium |food poisoning |Naegleria fowleri |Meningoencephalitis | |

|Shigella dysenteriae |dysentery |Dranuculus medinesis | | |

|Streptococcus mutans |cavities |Nosopsyllus fasciatus (vector) |plague | |

|Streptococcus pneumoniae |pneumonia |Ixodes spp (vector) |Lymes disease | |

|Streptococcus (group A) |scarlet fever |Giardia lamblia |Giardia | |

|Streptococcus (group A) |rheumatic fever |Tenia spp. |Tapeworm | |

|Treponema pallidum |syphilis |Schistosoma spp. |Schistosomiasis | |

|Treponema pertenue |yaws |Trichinella spp. |Trichinosis | |

|Vibrio cholerae |cholera |Fungal Pathogens |Disease Name | |

|Yersinia pestis |Plague |Ringworm |Dermatophytosis | |

|Staphylococcus aureus |Staph infections |Trichophyton rubrum |Athlete’s Foot | |

Help bring these pathogens to justice!

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