Designer Disease Project:
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Name of disease
Caused by what type of microorganism?
Is this disease viral or bacterial?
Most common reservoir for this microorganism.
People at risk
Major mode of transmission for this microorganism (How is it transmitted).
Origination of disease.
How was the disease found and by whom?
Signs and symptoms of this disease
Is there a cure for this disease? If so, what is it? Who developed the cure and how?
What is the success rate of treatment? Has this disease been eradicated?
Ways to avoid getting the disease.
Contributing factors toward getting the disease
The most effective aseptic technique used against this microorganism.
(Hint: sterilization, chemical, boiling water, etc)
15. Does this microorganism require that the patient be placed in isolation? If yes, what types of
precautions would the medical personnel or other visitors need to follow?
16. Any famous people known to have been affected with this disease? If so, what happened to them?
17. Recent outbreak(s) of disease. Contributing factors to recent outbreak.
Cytomegalovirus
Polio
Measles
Tuberculosis
Mononucleosis
HIV/AIDS
Malaria
Amebic Dysentery
Giardasis
Trichinosis
Encephalitis
Chicken pox
Diptheria
E. Coli
Influenza
Meningitis
Rubella
Salmonella
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
Small pox
Anthrax
Shingles
Tetanus
Pertussis (whooping cough)
Cholera
Coxsackie A virus
West Nile Virus
Hepatitis
Onchocerciasis
RSV pneumonia
Leishmaniasis
Leprosy
Rotavirus
Schistosomiasis
Shigellosis
Typhoid
Yellow Fever
Botullism
Brucellosis
Clostridium difficile
Campylobacteriosis
Cat scratch fever
Legionellosis
Leptospirosis
Listerosis
Melioidosis
MRSA
Nocardiosis
Psittacosis
Q fever
HPV
Aspergillosis
Blastomycosis
Coccidioidomycosis
Cryptococcosis
Amebiasis
Ascariasis
Babesiosis
Chagas disease
Clonorchiasis
Cysticercosis
Diphyllobothriasis
Dracunculiasis
Ethinococcosis
Enterobiasis
Fascioliasis
Fasciolopsiasis
Filariasis
Gnathostomiasis
Hymenolepiasis
Leishmaniasis
Metagonimiasis
Miasis
Onchocersiasis
Scabies
Cryptosporidiosis
Dengue fever
Encephalitis
Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever
Alpers syndrome
Kuru
Marburg hemorrhagic fever
Scarlet fever
Rabies
Tularemia
Typhus
Bovine spongiform
Lassa fever
Trachoma
Schistosomiasis
Taeniasis
Toxoplasmosis
Trichinellosis
Creutzfeldt-Jakob diseae
African Trypanosomiasis