Disease vectors notes and activity. View slide notes and also try out the case studies for homework. Finally, finish up that microbiology worksheet

slideshow on disease for our Centre for Disease Control activity:  

Some useful links below for more info:

Very generalized differences between viral and bacterial infections

A list of bacterial pathogens and viral pathogens (note the error under viral pathogens: botulism is not a viral disease - gov't of australia website made a mistake here!). some of the pathogens are particular to Australia, but others are common worldwide (such as measles, meningitis, salmonella, influenza).  These sites are easy to navigate.

 a more comprehensive list of viral pathogens .  this list is undergraduate level.

CASE STUDIES

Airborne Diseases

            Preventing airborne diseases case study: a viral airborne disease (SARS)

            http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/topics/respirators/factsheets/respsars.html

Managing an airborne disease case study:  a bacterial airborne disease (TB)

            http://www.cdc.gov/tb/pubs/slidesets/InfectionGuidelines/airborne.htm

STI: 

http://www.cdc.gov/std/default.htm

Foodborne:http://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/facts.html

dine safe website: a comprehensive list of health inspection reports for any restaurant!

Animal vector:

            Vertebrates mainly :

http://www.cdc.gov/healthypets/browse_by_diseases.htm

Insect vector: note only the ones caused by virus and bacteria:

http://www.capitalhealth.ca/EspeciallyFor/TravellersHealth/InsectTransmittedDiseases/default.htm

Waterborne:

http://www.azdhs.gov/phs/oids/epi/disease/waterborne/list.htm