Pathogen Wanted Poster Research Project

Pathogen Wanted Poster Research Project (Blizzard Bag #1)

For 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. o Poster is to be on a regular 8.5” x 11” piece of paper. o A “mug shot” of your pathogen should appear on the front of the poster 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) 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 source of the picture.

2) Description of the suspect (5 points) Is the suspect a bacteria, virus, or parasite? What does it look like? Identify key characteristics that will help someone identify it.

3) Organism's mode of operation or m.o. (police jargon) (5 points) 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) 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) What are the symptoms of the victim?

7) Is it considered armed and dangerous? (5 points) Rate the degree of damage caused? Is it lethal?

8) Number of victims, age group most effected, sex most effected, etc… (5 points)

9) Most effective weapons against the suspect (5 points) Treatment for the disease, possible cure for the disease

10) 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)

Total: / 55 pts PATHOGEN MOST WANTED Poster

List of Usual 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 HAV Clostridium tetani tetanus Hepatitis B HBV Corynebacterium diphtheria diphtheria Hepatitis C HCV Hantavirus Hantavirus Pulmonary Escherichia coli acute pyelonephritis Syndrome Francisella tularensis tularemia or rabbit fever Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever Hemophilus influenzae meningitis Legionella pneumophila Legionnaires Disease SARS coronavirus Severe Acute Lactobacillus acidophilus cavities Respiratory Syndrome Mycobacterium leprae leprosy (Hansen's disease) Parasitic Pathogens Disease Name Mycobacterium tuberculosis tuberculosis Plasmodium spp. Malaria Trypanosoma spp. African Sleeping Neisseria gonorrhoeae gonorrhoea Sickness Leishmania donovani Dum-Dum Fever, kala- Neisseria meningitidis spinal menigitis azar Rocky Mountain Spotted Enterobius vermicularis perianal pruritus Rickettsia richettsii Fever (pinworm) Rickettsia prowazekii typhus Toxoplasma gondii toxoplasmosis Salmonella typhi typhoid fever Naegleria fowleri Meningoencephalitis Salmonella typhimurium food poisoning Dranuculus medinesis guinea worm disease Shigella dysenteriae dysentery Nosopsyllus fasciatus (vector) plague Streptococcus mutans cavities Ixodes spp (vector) Lymes disease Streptococcus pneumoniae pneumonia Giardia lamblia Giardia Streptococcus (group A) scarlet fever Tenia spp. Tapeworm Streptococcus (group A) rheumatic fever Schistosoma spp. Schistosomiasis Treponema pallidum syphilis Trichinella spp. Trichinosis Treponema pertenue yaws Fungal Pathogens Disease Name Vibrio cholerae cholera Ringworm Dermatophytosis Yersinia pestis Plague Trichophyton rubrum Athlete’s Foot Staphylococcus aureus Staph infections Bacterial Pathogen Disease Name 1st Period 4th Period 6th Period Bacillus anthracis anthrax Bordetella pertussis whooping cough Clostridium botulinum botulism Clostridium perfringens gas gangrene Clostridium tetani tetanus Corynebacterium diphtheria diphtheria Escherichia coli acute pyelonephritis Francisella tularensis tularemia or rabbit fever Hemophilus influenzae meningitis Lactobacillus acidophilus cavities Mycobacterium leprae leprosy (Hansen's disease) Mycobacterium tuberculosis tuberculosis Neisseria gonorrhoeae gonorrhoea Neisseria meningitidis spinal menigitis Rickettsia richettsii Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Rickettsia prowazekii typhus Salmonella typhi typhoid fever Salmonella typhimurium food poisoning Shigella dysenteriae dysentery Streptococcus mutans cavities Streptococcus pneumoniae pneumonia Streptococcus (group A) scarlet fever Streptococcus (group A) rheumatic fever Treponema pallidum syphilis Treponema pertenue yaws Vibrio cholerae cholera Yersinia pestis Plague Staphylococcus aureus Staph infections Viral Pathogen Disease Name Varicella spp. Chicken Pox Vaicella spp. Small Pox Polio poliomyelitis Hepatitis A HAV Hepatitis B HBV Hepatitis C HCV Hantavirus Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever Legionella pneumophila Legionnaires Disease SARS coronavirus Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Parasitic Pathogens Disease Name Plasmodium spp. Malaria Trypanosoma spp. African Sleeping Sickness Leishmania donovani Dum-Dum Fever, kala-azar Enterobius vermicularis perianal pruritus (pinworm) Toxoplasma gondii toxoplasmosis Naegleria fowleri Meningoencephalitis Dranuculus medinesis guinea worm disease Nosopsyllus fasciatus (vector) plague Ixodes spp (vector) Lymes disease Giardia lamblia Giardia Tenia spp. Tapeworm Schistosoma spp. Schistosomiasis Trichinella spp. Trichinosis Fungal Pathogens Disease Name Ringworm Dermatophytosis Trichophyton rubrum Athlete’s Foot

Pathogen Wanted Poster Research Project Rubric (Blizzard Bag #1)

1. “Mug shot” of the suspect (5 points) Hand drawn or from internet, book, or magazine (if not hand drawn, the source must be cited)

2. Description of the suspect (5 points)  Is the suspect a bacteria, virus, or parasite?  What does it look like?  Identify key characteristics that will help someone identify it.

3. Organism's mode of operation or m.o. (police jargon) (5 points)  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)  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)  What are the symptoms of the victim?

7. Is it considered armed and dangerous? (5 points)  Rate the degree of damage caused?  Is it lethal?

8. Number of victims, age group most effected, sex most effected, etc… (5 points)

9. Most effective weapons against the suspect (5 points)  Treatment for the disease  Possible cure for the disease

10. Any other identifying characteristics (such as “tattoos” – cell surface markers, etc.) (5 points)

11. At least 5 sources listed in a bibliography (5 points)

TOTAL /55