1. What’s Bugging You? A Cyberhunt Activity on Infectious Disease By Dawn Hall for Biomedical Technology

2. Click on the link for the Immune Platoon http://www.bam.gov/sub_diseases/diseases_immuneplatoon.html Travel through the Immune Platoon presentation to answer the following questions http://www.bam.gov/sub_diseases/diseases_immuneplatoon.html 1.What organs in the body produce immune system cells? Draw a diagram on your answer sheets and label the organs. 2.What type of cells do these tissues produce to attack the body’s enemies?

3. The Immune Platoon 3.What are the foreign bodies that act as enemies called? 4.List three ways the Immune Platoon prevents these foreign bodies from harming you.

4. Click on the Vaccine tab 5.What is a vaccine?

5. Click on the Disease Tab 6.What is West Nile Virus? After reading click on the CDC link and find the fact sheet. List the symptoms and the cause and vector of West Nile Virus. 7.What is the EPA?

6. Back at the diesase tab click on SARS 8.What is SARS? Where did it start? When?

7. Click on the Operation Infection Tab 9.What is epidemiology? 10.What are the four techniques the CDC uses analyze, investigate and problem solve to keep you healthy?

8. Click on the Disease Detective tab 11.Who is the Victor Vector? 12.What is a vector?

9. Click on this link: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/biot error/vacc_flash.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/biot error/vacc_flash.html 13.After completing the interactive Making a Vaccine activity, list and describe the six types of vaccines.

10. Click: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bioterror/agents.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bioterror/agents.html 14.List the eight agents of bioterror that pose the greatest threat. 15.Briefly describe the following: Botulism Anthrax Cholera plaque

11. Click: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bioterror/faq.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bioterror/faq.html 16.After reading the fact sheet, list 10 important points you’ve learned about bioterrorism.

12. Click: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bioterror/hist_nf.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bioterror/hist_nf.html 17.How was bioterror used in Medieval times? 18.What are soviet “superbugs”? 19.What form of bioterror has most recently been used in the U.S. 20.What types of bioterror have been weaponized by Iraq?

13. Click http://www.nanobugs.com/activities/videos.php http://www.nanobugs.com/activities/videos.php 21.What is Hepatitis A? 22.What are the symptoms? 23.How is it spread?

14. Click: http://www.nanobugs.com/nanobugs/glossary.php http://www.nanobugs.com/nanobugs/glossary.php 24.Define the following: Antibody Bacteria Virus Pathogen Fungus spore

15. Click: http://www.cdc.gov/DiseasesConditions/ http://www.cdc.gov/DiseasesConditions/ 25.Research the following infectious diseases. List the causative organism, symptoms, treatment, and prognosis for each. HIV MRSA Salmonella Herpes Smallpox Common Cold Influenza Measles Mumps Rotovirus

16. Click: http://www.cdc.gov/DiseasesConditions/ http://www.cdc.gov/DiseasesConditions/ 26.Research the following infectious diseases. List the causative organism, symptoms, treatment, and prognosis for each. Ringworm Histoplasmosis Giardia Malaria Schistosoma(Swimmers Itch) Trichinella Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Plaque Ebola Legionaire Disease

17. Click: http://www.cdc.gov/DiseasesConditions/ http://www.cdc.gov/DiseasesConditions/ 27.Research the following infectious diseases. List the causative organism, symptoms, treatment, and prognosis for each. Rubeloa Tuberculosis Lyme Disease SARS Cholera

18. Click: http://emergency.cdc.gov/ http://emergency.cdc.gov/ Bioterrorism Unit

19. Click: http://emergency.cdc.gov/agent/ricin/ http://emergency.cdc.gov/agent/ricin/ Ricin information

20. Click: http://www.cdc.gov/Environmental/ http://www.cdc.gov/Environmental/ Environmental Health Issues