Biology 2015
Pathogen Wanted: Poster/Research Project
For this last research project you will be investigating one of the pathogens on the
accompanying list of nasties! After doing the requisite research you will be
producing a “Wanted” poster. Learn something new, have some fun and be
creative.
Project Description:
Make a poster for your chosen pathogen (no two students will be doing the same
pathogen/disease). Poster is to be on standard 8.5” x 11” paper with a title and
mug shot on the front. A detailed description should be on the back. If you need
more room for the descriptive portion you may staple an additional piece of paper.
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Mug shot – (5 points)
a. Photo may be hand drawn, a picture from the internet or from a
magazine or book, etc. If it is not hand drawn it must be properly cited.
Description of Suspect – (10 points)
a. Is it a virus, bacteria or other parasite? Identify it properly.
b. What does it look like?
c. What are the defining characteristics used to identify it?
Organisms mode of operation (m.o.) – (5 points)
a. How does this illness spread?
b. How does it attack victim/infect?
Most common victims preyed upon – (10 points)
“Hide out” of the culprit – (5 points)
a. Where is the suspect most likely to be found?
b. What body systems does it primarily affect?
Most common injury done to victim – (5 points)
a. What are the victim’s symptoms?
b. How does the disease progress, untreated?
Is it considered ‘armed and dangerous’? – (5 points)
a. Rate the degree of danger/damage to the victim.
b. Morbidity rate?
c. Mortality rate?
Number of victims, ages most affected, sex most affected, etc – (5 points)
Most effective weapons against the pathogen – (5 points)
a. Course of treatment for the disease?
b. Is there a cure?
Any other identifying characteristics – (5 points)
Citations: You will need at least five separate sources (APA format) for this research project. As always, do not list any
wikis in your bibliography. Focus on reputable sources such as those with suffixes like ‘.edu’ or ‘.gov’ rather than ‘.com’
sites. Please include this complete bibliography with your project. (10 points)
Biology 2015
Bacterial pathogens
Disease name
Viral pathogen
Disease name
Bacillus anthracis
Bordetella purtusis
Clostridium botulinum
Clostridium perfringens
Clostridium tetani
Corynebacterium diphtheria
Eschericia coli
Francisella tularensis
Hemophilus influenzae
Lactobacillus acidopholus
Myobacterium lepra
Myobacterium tuberculosis
Neisseria gonorrhea
Neisseria meningititis
Rickettsia richettsia
Rickettsia prowazekii
Salmonella typhi
Salmonella typhimurium
Shigella disenteriae
Streptococcus mutans
Streptococcos pnuemoniae
Streptococcus (group A)
Streptococcus (group A)
Treponema palidum
Treponema pertenue
Vibrio cholerae
Yersenia pestis
Staphylococcus aureus
anthrax
whooping cough
botulism
gas gangrene
tetanus
diphtheria
acute pyelonephritis
rabbit fever
meningitis
dental cavities
leprosy
tuberculosis
gonorrhea
spinal meningitis
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
typhus
typhoid fever
food poisoning
dysentery
dental cavities
pneumonia
scarlet fever
rheumatic fever
syphilis
yaws
cholera
plague
staph infections
varicella spp.
varicella spp.
polio
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C
Hanta virus
norovirus
rotovirus
ebola
Legionella pneumophila
SARS corona virus
H1N1
H5N1
chicken pox
small pox
poliomelitus
Parasitic pathogen
Disease name
Plasmodium spp.
Trypanosoma spp.
Leishmania dononvani
Enterobius vernicularis
Dranunculus medensis
Nosopsyllus fasciatus
Ixodes spp.
Giardia lamblia
Taenia spp.
Schistosoma spp.
Trichinella spp.
Malaria
African Sleeping Sickness
Dum-Dum fever
pin worm
Guinea worm
plague (vector)
Lyme’s disease
Giardia
Tapeworm
Schistosomiasis
Trichinosis
Fungal pathogen
Tinea spp
food poisoning
(severe infant) diarrhea
hemorrhagic fever
Legionnaires disease
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
swine flu
avian flu
Disease name
ringworm/jock itch/athlete’s foot