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Microbiology Group Assignment: Identifying the Chain of Infection for Various Diseases - P, Assignments of Biology

A group assignment from a microbiology course, unit 3, focusing on elementary public health. Students are required to identify the 'links in the chain of infection' for each of the listed diseases, including typhoid fever, herpes simplex virus (cold sores), smallpox, malaria, cholera, rabies, tuberculosis, salmonella, giardia, whooping cough, and athletes' foot. They must determine the pathogen, natural reservoir, method of transmission, and host risk factors for each disease using resources such as textbooks, cdc, and who websites.

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11/27/2020
Microbiology 1153 Elementary Public Health
Unit 3, Part 1 Types of infectious diseases
Group Assignment
For each of the diseases in the list below identify the “links in the chain of infection.” (See
Schneider, Chapter 9).
Your group may divide up the list as you see fit. Bring this information to class to teach the rest
of your group on. The information you gather will be included on the Unit III quiz on
3/19/2007. Use your book, www.cdc.gov or www.who.int, or other sites or textbooks as needed
to find the information. You can divide the diseases up within your group, but you are
responsible for knowing all of the information.
Diseases
typhoid fever
herpes simplex virus (cold sores)
smallpox
malaria
cholera
rabies
tuberculosis
Salmonella
Giardia
Whooping cough
Athletes’s foot
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11/27/ Microbiology 1153 Elementary Public Health Unit 3, Part 1 Types of infectious diseases Group Assignment For each of the diseases in the list below identify the “ links in the chain of infection.” (See Schneider, Chapter 9). Your group may divide up the list as you see fit. Bring this information to class to teach the rest of your group on. The information you gather will be included on the Unit III quiz on 3/19/2007. Use your book, www.cdc.gov or www.who.int, or other sites or textbooks as needed to find the information. You can divide the diseases up within your group, but you are responsible for knowing all of the information. Diseases typhoid fever herpes simplex virus (cold sores) smallpox malaria cholera rabies tuberculosis Salmonella Giardia Whooping cough Athletes’s foot

Chain of Infection - with your group fill out the table below. Turn in one table per group. One point for each disease correctly identified. Disease Pathogen Natural Reservoir Method of Transmission? How is pathogen spread from one host to another? (describe exit, transmission, and entry) Host Risk Factors What makes some more likely to get disease? typhoid fever herpes simplex virus-1 (cold sores) smallpox malaria cholera rabies tuberculosis Salmonella Giardia Whooping cough Athletes’s foot