Presentation Date: _________________________
Presentation – Viral Diseases
Your task is to present information on a viral disease to your classmates. Your presentation will be in
Powerpoint/Prezi format and you will hand in a one page summary sheet of your presentation.
Details of your presentation:
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Pick a viral disease of interest to you
Use your textbook and the Internet (reliable sources only) to research the disease
Use the Powerpoint/Prezi program to design a presentation that will be projected in class
Summarize and condense your information into a ONE-page summary which includes your
bibliography in APA format (bibme.org)
The following should be present in your one page summary and presentation:
1. Your name and the viral disease
2. General Information of the viral disease
Include pictures on
your slides. If you
What is the cause?
copy
a photo, place
What is the name of the disease?
a caption with the
What is the incubation period? (how long it stays dormant?)
website that you
3. Mode of transmission
found it on
How is the disease transmitted? Are there intermediate hosts?
4. Pathology
What symptoms does the patient experience? Is it fatal? What is the recovery rate if
left untreated? What is the chance of recovery?
5. Treatment and Prevention
What is the treatment for the persons who catch the disease? Are there any
preventions or controls in place?
6. Distribution
Is the disease found all over the world or in certain regions? Who is most affected, old
or young, male or female?
7. Interesting facts:
Include any other important information that you find during your research. This will be
different for each disease. Include anything here that does not fit above but is
important.
Sample viral diseases:
hepatitis viruses
infectious meningitis
HIV
common cold
influenza
herpes simplex
viruses
polio
SARS
Norwalk
HPV Human papiloma
virus
H1N1, swine flu
measles and mumps
West Nile
Parvovirus
Epstein barr (mono)
avian bird flu
rabies
Adenovirus (pink eye RSV (respiratory)
chickenpox and
shingles
Recommended websites:
CDC National Center for Infectious Diseases, search your viral disease
Microbe World, search information regarding your viral disease
Wikipedia is not recommended
The ONE-page summary should be in the following format: (if possible, summary should
be typed, but it does not have to be) Presentation will not be marked without a bibliography!
Disease name
Your name
General information:
Mode of transmission:
Treatment and Prevention:
Pathology:
Transmission:
Distribution:
Other important information:
Bibliography
Evaluation
Information Sheet
Overall impression: information is clear, concise, and well-written. It is
neat and easy to read
Proof read: work has been reviewed for spelling and grammar
General Information: The cause, the name of the disease and the
incubation period
Transmission: How the disease is transmitted and any intermediate hosts
Pathology: The symptoms and the effects on the disease pathogen on the
affected person. Fatality and recovery rate
Treatment and Prevention: Any treatments for persons who catch the
disease and any preventions or controls of the virus
Distribution: Who is most susceptible to the disease is and where this
occurs
Interesting facts: other important information
Bibliography: in APA format
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Presentation
Approximately 5 minutes, minimum 10 slides
Colour, fonts, slide transitions, and photos are used to enhance the
presentation
Font is big enough, few words per slide, relevant information
Photos have captions with the sources
Work is presented and not read to the class
Eye contact is maintained
Creative and appealing presentation
Verbal presentation is linked directly to on screen presentation