Outbreaks+and+Epidemics+S08

=Outbreaks and Epidemics=
 * 1347-48: **Bubonic Plague, Black Death**:BLAIR http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/epidemic/section_07/secseven_pg_11.html
 * 1493: **Syphilis In Europe**: MASSEY http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/epidemic/section_07/secseven_pg_15.html
 * 1500s **Small Pox Epidemics among Native Americans**: EMILY http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=5100
 * 1854: **Cholera In London**:KAT http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/epidemic/section_07/secseven_pg_08.html
 * 1918: **Flu Pandemic**:CHANDLER http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3318/02.html
 * 1975-76: **Lyme Disease In Connecticut**:PATRICIA http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/epidemic/section_07/secseven_pg_12.html
 * 1976: **Legionnaire's Disease In Philadelphia**: KEATON http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/epidemic/section_07/secseven_pg_06.html
 * 1992: **E. coli outbreaks In Western U.S**.: DEDE http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/epidemic/section_07/secseven_pg_14.html
 * 1993: **Cryptosporidiosis In Milwaukee:**RJ http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/epidemic/section_07/secseven_pg_09.html
 * 1980s To Today: **AIDS Worldwide**:CAROLINE http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/epidemic/section_07/secseven_pg_16.html
 * 1990s to Today: **Ebola outbreaks**:HARRISON [|http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/Spb/mnpages/dispages/ebola.htm>]
 * 2002: **SARS Outbreaks**:FAITH http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severe_acute_respiratory_syndrome
 * Present: **Avian (Bird) Flu Outbreaks**:BILL http://www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/outbreaks

=Project Outline=
 * Due Date: DUE TUESDAY
 * Presentation Style: SLIDE SHOW OR PODCAST OR VIDEO
 * Topics to be addressed
 * Tonight's Homework

Top Ten Causes of Death: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs310/en/index.html Deadly Diseases Video: http://science.education.nih.gov/supplements/nih1/Diseases/activities/activity1.htm Be an epidemiologist http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/typhoid/detective.html

AIDS cholera **CJD** Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever Influenza Legionnaire disease Lyme Disease **tuberculosis** **malaria schistosomiasis ss** pneumonia guinea worm disease ** plague strept throat
 * //polio//

Viruses AIDS polio influenza Ebloa Bacteria Lyme Disease Tuberculosis Legionaire's Disease Strept Throat Plague Protozoa Malaria Worms Schistosomiasis Guinea Worm Prions CJD Pneumonia: viruses, bacteria or fungi
 * Infectious Agent**

History** Emerging: CJD, Lyme Disease, Legionnaire's Disease, Ebola Endemic: Pneumonia, Schistosomiasis, Polio, Influenza, Tuberculosis, Strept Throat, Malaria, Guinea Worm Reemerging: Plague (Pneumonia: smoking, AIDS)
 * Mechanism of Transmission

1. When did this incident occur? 1996 2. What was the problem? syphilis outbreak 3. What event alerted the authorities to the situation? a school nurse, one boy 4. What was unusual about this particular outbreak? multiple partners for young high school affluent students 5. How many positive cases of syphilis were recorded? ?200 6. How many teenagers were exposed to the disease? ?a lot 7. Describe the lifestyle or socio-economic status of most of the teens involved in the incidents that occurred. upper middle class white teenagers suburban 8. What was the role of health department? stop it, find patient zero, test, antibiotic shot 9. What did the health department do to stop the spread of syphilis? test everyone antibiotic shot 10. Does the behavior in this video surprise or shock you? Why or why not? group sex with 14 year olds -- that is surprising 11. Is it possible that such an outbreak could occur in our community? It is possible 12. What should be done to prevent such an outbreak? education
 * Lost Children of Rockdale County**

CDC Website: http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/