<p>Name: ______Period: _____ Date: ______Virus Internet Scavenger Hunt</p><p>Introduction: Viruses are both fascinating and a bit scary. This web study will give you a brief introduction to viruses in general and a particular virus that has been in the news throughout the spring and summer months. Explore, learn, enjoy!</p><p>Viruses, in general:  http://library.thinkquest.org/13373/work/what.htm  http://health.howstuffworks.com/diseases-conditions/infectious/virus-human.htm (click through pages) </p><p>1. Who is credited with discovering the virus and when? </p><p>2. Why are we not able to see viruses with the compound light microscopes we use in the science lab? </p><p>3. What shapes do viruses assume? </p><p>4. Locate a photograph of a virus (click on gallery). Draw/identify the virus in the space below. Do this for several viruses.</p><p>5. Name some diseases caused by viruses.</p><p>6. How big are viruses compared to bacteria.</p><p>7. What three main structures do all viruses have? (name and describe)</p><p>8. Name/describe the six stages of a viral infection. You may draw a picture, if you wish. 9. How do you get infected with a virus, the flu, for example. That is, what happens in your body because of a virus?</p><p>10. How does a fever help fight an infection?</p><p>11. What can be done to stop the spread of viruses?</p><p>12. What can medicines do to combat viruses?</p><p>How vaccines work  http://skepticalob.blogspot.com/2009/10/how-do-vaccines-work.html </p><p>13. What are some side effects to being vaccinated? How often do they happen?</p><p>14. What is the first way your body protects you form bacteria and viruses?</p><p>15. Another way your body protects you is called non-specific immune response. What does this mean and what does your body do? 16. What is an antibody?</p><p>17. How long does it take to produce antibodies the first and second times your body encounters a germ?</p><p>18. What does a vaccine do to your immune system?</p><p>The Flu  http://www.flufacts.com/know/what-is.jsp  http://kidshealth.org/teen/infections/bacterial_viral/flu.html (click through pages)  http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_body/medical_care/flu_shot.html?tracking=T_RelatedArticle# (click through pages)  http://health.howstuffworks.com/diseases-conditions/cold-flu/flu.htm (click through pages)</p><p>19. How can you catch the flu and how does it enter your body?</p><p>20. Who gets the flu most often and how many cases were reported in the U.S.?</p><p>21. What is the difference between an epidemic and a pandemic? How often do they happen?</p><p>22. There was a pandemic in the early 20th century. When was it and how many were killed? 23. Can you spread the flu without having it? Explain.</p><p>24. What are some symptoms of flu?</p><p>25. If you get a flu vaccine, what is in it?</p><p>26. What is the difference between Type A , Type B and Type C of the flu?</p><p>27. How can you cure the flu? Bird Flu and Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus</p><p>28. What is the avian influenza A (H5N1) virus that has been reported in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Near East?</p><p>What are the risks to humans from the current H5N1 outbreak?</p><p>How is infection with H5N1 virus in humans treated?</p><p>Is there a vaccine to protect people from some strains of the H5N1 virus?</p><p>Does CDC recommend travel restrictions to areas with known H5N1 outbreaks?</p><p>What changes are needed for H5N1 or another avian influenza virus to cause a pandemic?</p><p>What is CDC doing to prepare for a possible H5N1 influenza pandemic?</p><p>Does Ohio have plan? http://www.pandemicflu.gov/</p><p>What do you think about this?</p><p>Do you think your community should have a plan? What do you think about this?</p><p>Do you think our school has a plan? What do you think about this?</p><p>West Nile Virus  http://www.lanakids.com/mosquito.html  http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile/wnv_factsheet.htm </p><p>In order to understand the transmission of this disease, it is useful to study the mosquito. </p><p>28. Do both sexes of mosquitoes bite? Explain.</p><p>29. How do mosquitoes find you? </p><p>30. List four ways to prevent being bitten by a mosquito. </p><p>31. Human illness from the West Nile virus is rare. Most people infected by the West Nile Virus have no ______.</p><p>List three ways you can protect yourself from the West Nile virus.</p><p>West Nile virus is spread by the bite of a ______.</p><p>Is there evidence that West Nile virus can be spread from one person to another? </p><p>Why do zookeepers at the Bird House need to be concerned about the West Nile virus? </p><p>Part 3: Ebola Virus http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/spb/mnpages/dispages/ebola/qa.htm What is Ebola hemorrhagic fever? What year did we first see Ebola outbreak? Where is Ebola virus found in nature? </p><p>How does Ebola spread?</p><p>What are the symptoms of Ebola?</p><p>How does Ebola kill?</p><p>How do you stop Ebola from spreading?</p><p>Can it be treated or cured?</p><p>How do you propose we stop the virus from spreading across the nation?</p><p>What years did USA had an occurrence of Ebola? How many deaths? How did it get to the USA? http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/spb/mnpages/dispages/ebola/ebolatable.htm</p>