In a creative presentation of information, describe the pathogen, its symptoms, prognosis, and treatment of selected human (or plant) diseases. The pathogen can bebacterial, viral, fungal, protozoan, or prion.Please make sure to answer the following questions…
- What type of microbe causes the disease e.g. is it a bacterium?
- What disease does the pathogen cause?
- How is the disease transmitted?
- What are the symptoms of the disease?
- How long does it lasts for?
- Can the disease be treated?
- Is there is a vaccine for the disease?
- Is the disease endemic in any areas of the world?
(Chapters 21-26 provide good guidance)
What to Do
Be creative in how you’d like to present the information. You may present the information in the form of a passport, or microbe curriculum vitae, oral presentation, song, poem, etc. Any recording should be under 10 minutes long. Overall, what you submit should show creativity andenhanceyour presentation of the material.
my topic that i selected is Zika virus
Grading will be based on:
- your accurate knowledge of the subject
- addressing the required questions listed above and anything else interesting you discovered
- the quantity, quality & effectiveness of your work
- overall effort and creativity
- meeting the topic approval deadline, overall project deadline, and any related assignment deadlines
- references & citations
Somewhere on your Project, you should include all your references in a Reference List - cited in APA format
A minimum of5references must be used, and theycannotall be websites.
- Cite each source only ONCE
- Blogs & editorials are NOT acceptable references
Purdue University provides guidance and examples of how to cite using theAPA format(Links to an external site.). You will find information for thebasic rules for most sources(Links to an external site.), and formatting thereference list(Links to an external site.). Once in this page, notice the links to the left side margin, that provide more specific guidance and examples for different kinds of sources (books, electronic sources, audiovisual media, etc.). Also useful is theGeneral APA FAQs.(Links to an external site.)
Another quick resource guide provided by University of Pittsburgh givesAPA Citation Examples(Links to an external site.)taken directly from theAPA website.
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