Disease Research Project

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Disease Research Project

• You will pick a disease to research
• We will be going to the library
• You will be creating a informational powerpoint
  to present to the class.
• Needs to include pictures along with the required
  information.
• You will need to write this next stuff down.

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Disease Research Project 1.Disease Name
Medical Name Common Name 2. Type of
organism causing the disease 3. How is it
transmitted? 4. What are the symptoms? 5. Cure or
Treatments? 6. How to prevent it? 7. Other
interesting information (example last outbreak,
how many people get it, etc.) 8. References?
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Infectious Diseases

• Influenza
• Mononucleosis
• Athletes foot
• Trichinosis
• RSV
• Anthrax
• Typhoid Fever
• Diptheria
• Tetanus
• Mumps
• Measles
• Rubella
• Pertussis
• Varicella (chicken pox)
• Small Pox
• Polio

• Hepatitis
• Tuberculosis
• Salmonellosis
• Malaria
• Lymes Disease
• Shigellosis
• Cholera
• Ebola
• Pneumonia
• Rabies
• Leprosy
• Thrush
• Mad Cow Disease
• West Nile Disease
• Conjunctivitis
• Ring Worm
• SARS