Infectious Diseases

Infectious diseases project

This project is PowerPoint, or a paper and is the mandatory 10% LIRN.

1- Guidelines for the Project: It could be either a PPT or a paper academic style

- Include name of the disease and student(s) name

- The paper must have academic style (you pick it)

- The PPT must have a minimum of 8 slides, do not type many lines in one slide make it easy to follow, add photos.

Either for the PPT or the paper, this work should have all of the following aspects about your disease: (Write each topic in the order given)

· Name the infectious disease.

· Mention the organism(s) that cause the disease.

· Pick the most common organism that causes the disease and tell about the organism: Classification of the organism, organism’s habitat, general characteristics and virulence factors of the organism (Include pictures of the microorganism (bacteria, virus, helminth).

· About the disease:

· Write how is the disease transmitted, what is the portal(s) of entry and, where does it cause problems in humans’ body (what organs or system(s) are affected.

· Signs and symptoms (include pictures of them).

· Diagnosis and Treatment.

· Prevention.

· Epidemiology: Include cases in U.S. and/or where is mostly present, who gets affected (kids, women, men, all), and it there are cases of nosocomial infections or not and why.

· References

WHOEVER HAS NOT PICKED UP A TOPIC NEEDS TO SEND ME AN EMAIL WITH THE TOPIC YOU CHOSE.

The style for the PPT or paper you decide it, just do it academically acceptable and interesting.

Due Date: 10/24/2021

Project assignments

Bacteria	Topic	Student	Paper	Presentation/PPT
1	Viral lung infections	Maylin, Eddy	Picked
2	Tuberculosis
3	folliculitis
4	Streptococcal skin diseases
5	Conjuctivitis
6	Trachoma and STD by C. trachomatis
7	Botulism
8	Meningitis
9	Tetanus	Enny	Picked
10	Peptic ulcers
11	Foodborne infections: Salmonellosis,
12	Amebiasis, or Taenia
13	Upper UTI’s
14	Lower UTI’s
15	HPV
16	Bacterial vaginosis
17	Gonorrhea
18	HSV-1, HSV-2
19	Syphilis
20	Sepsis
21	Zyca
22	Malaria
23	Endocarditis
24	Chikungunya
25	Yellow fever, or dengue
26	HIV,
27	Mononucleosis
28	Ebola,
29	Rabies
30	Prions
31	African sleeping sickness
32	Hepatitis
33	Lyme disease
34	COVID19
35	C. dif
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