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Public Service Announcement Project

Using your knowledge of Living Environment and immunity, pathogens and diseases, pick one disease and make a POSTER that you would like to inform the public about. Use chart on page 36 of your review book for help.

Make sure you include:

  • Title
  • Name of disease you would like to prevent
  • Include 2-3 ways to contract the disease
  • 3-4 harmful effects of the disease
  • 3-4 healthy habits that can prevent / control the disease (this may include ways of diagnosing disease)
  • 2-3 ways of treating or curing the disease
  • You should make your posters informational as well as eye catching. You will be graded on quality and accuracy of information as well as your groups presentation of the poster and the information found on it.
  • You may use the computers, the review book, class notes, and the textbook for resources.

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Title:
Clearly Identified Disease
Ways of contracting
Harmful Effects
prevention / control
Treatment or Cure
Creative
Well Planned/Neat
Eye Catching
Presentation

Total Points: ______/27

Some possible topics might be:

  • Herpes Type 1 (cold sores) or Type 2 (genital)
  • Influenza (type A animals to humans, B and C humans to humans, or A and B epidemics)
  • Swine Flu
  • Mad Cow
  • Hepatitis
  • Plague
  • Smallpox
  • Chickenpox
  • Measles
  • Mumps
  • Rabies
  • Rubella
  • Ebola
  • Tuberculosis (TB)
  • Typhoid
  • Polio
  • Human Papillomavirus (also called HPV)

For your research you may want to use the center for disease control website:

You may also use any of the common viruses in the list below.

The Glossary of Common Viruses taken from

A

Astrovirus– Infection with this virus causes gastroenteritis in people, both children and adults.The infection is typically not severe but may sometimes lead to dehydration.

C

Chickenpox – This infection is caused by the varicella zoster virus.It is highly contagious, being spread through coughing, sneezing, or contact with secretions.The main noticeable symptom is a skin rash.

D

Dengue Virus– This virus is mosquito-borne and causes Dengue Fever.This illness occurs predominantly in the tropics and may be life-threatening.

E

Ebola – Infection with this virus can lead to hypovolemic shock due to coagulation problems caused by the virus.It is spread through body fluids, conjunctivae, and also orally.

F

Foot-and-mouth disease virus – This virus causes foot-and-mouth disease, a disease that spreads rapidly through certain animals but that is extremely rare in humans.Symptoms in humans can include fever, vomiting, malaise, and occasionally skin lesions.

H

Hepatitis A – The Hepatitis A virus causes the illness Hepatitis A.The virus is spread through feces-contaminated food and water.The illness itself is usually mild, with symptoms such as fever, nausea, abdominal discomfort, and malaise.
Hepatitis B – This virus causes the disease Hepatitis B.This disease infects the liver and can lead to liver cirrhosis and even liver cancer.The virus is transmitted through infected blood or body fluids with infected blood.
Hepatitis C – Hepatitis C infects the liver and is caused by the Hepatitis C virus.This virus is transmitted from person-to-person through contaminated blood.
Herpes – Herpes is a group of several viruses that infect humans.Diseases caused by the herpes viruses include cold sores, genital herpes, chickenpox, and shingles.Herpes viruses are spread between people by way of body fluids, through the air, and through contaminated objects and surfaces.
HIV – Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is the virus that causes AIDS.The virus attacks the immune system, which eventually allows other diseases to infect and proliferate in the body.HIV can be spread through blood, semen, breast milk, and vaginal fluid.
HPV Human Papilomavirus – The HPV virus is spread through sexual contact.There are hundreds of different strains of HPV, some of which cause no ill health effects.Other strains of the virus can cause genital warts and cancers of the cervix and vulva.

I

Influenza – Influenza is commonly known as the flu and is caused by influenza viruses.These viruses can be found in both animals and humans.The flu viruses are spread through humans by way of respiratory secretions.

J

Japanese Encephalitis – This is a mosquito-borne virus that produces the disease Japanese encephalitis.It can cause severe symptoms in humans but is not transmitted between them.

M

Measles – The measles virus is the cause of the disease measles.The virus only infects humans and is spread through respiratory secretions.Complications may occur and can include pneumonia, encephalitis, and even death.
Mumps – The mumps virus causes the disease mumps in people.The disease is transmitted from person-to-person through respiratory secretions but is generally a self-limiting disease and is not fatal in most circumstances.

N

Naples Virus – This is a type of Phlebovirus that has been linked to disease in humans.The virus is transmitted through infected sandflies.

P

Parvovirus – Parvovirus B19 is a human parvovirus that causes a disease in humans called fifth disease.This disease occurs most often in children and is characterized by a rash.Other types of parvoviruses are common in animals and cannot be transmitted from animals to humans.

R

Rabies – The rabies virus causes a fatal disease in animals and humans.Transmission of the virus often occurs through the saliva of animals.

Rubella – This virus causes the disease Rubella, and it also causes congenital rubella syndrome in developing fetuses and newborns.The rubella virus is only known to infect humans.

S

Shingles – This is a skin rash caused by the varicella zoster virus.In children, this virus causes chickenpox.Symptoms of shingles include skin pain and burning and a rash.
Smallpox – The variola virus causes smallpox.Symptoms of smallpox can include body aches, fever, vomiting, malaise, and a rash of fluid-filled bumps that cover the body.

T

Toscana Virus – This virus may be transmitted to humans through the bite of a sandfly.Symptoms of the illness may be mild, such as muscle aches, fever, or headache, or they may become severe, such asmeningoencephalitis or meningitis.

V

Varicella Zoster Virus – This is the virus that causes chickenpox in children and causes shingles in adults.After a person has had a bout with chickenpox, the virus will lie dormant in the body and may become active again decades later and produce the condition shingles.

W

West Nile Virus – This virus can be found in both tropical and temperate areas.It is known to infect several animal species and also humans through infected mosquitoes.Infection symptoms can range from asymptomatic all the way to encephalitis-like symptoms.

Y

Yellow Fever – This virus causes the disease yellow fever and is transmitted through the bite of a mosquito.It is found in tropical regions of South America and Africa.