Choose a disease caused by a microorganism(staphylococcus epidermidis ) and write a 2-5 page essay detailing the disease.
Points available: 20
The paper must include the following information:
- define, explain, describe: the disease and its causative agent (bacteria, virus, prion) is described in detail
- discovery: full description and details about discovery of causative agent of disease, where it is found, who discovered it, what contributed to its discovery, how it was discovered, etc.
- epidemiology: is the bug contagious? How contagious is it? What are its morbidity and mortality rates? Information concerning the epidemiology of the bug should be detailed and complete.
- signs and symptoms: full description of signs and symptoms is covered
- treatments and survivability: is bug treatable? If so, how is it treated? Can it be cured? Can it be slowed?
- you can get creative with this! Write it as if you are a clinician…. Write it as if you are a forensics specialist and someone used a bacteria or virus as a bioweapon…. Write it as a mystery…. All kinds of possibilities!!!!a
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