Guide 10A
Eliminating Infectious Diseases
Treatments & Vaccines
In this guide you will examine how infectious diseases can be controlled and even eliminated.
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Eliminating Infectious Diseases Guide Contents
Complete all four of these sections before taking the quiz and making your media piece.
Eliminating Infectious Diseases Objectives
Disease Transmission
List examples of human-to-human, vector, and environmental infectious disease transmission; provide examples of diseases and their forms of transmission, including viral Hepatitis and COVID-19; and explain how food-borne infectious disease transmission can be reduced, and provide examples of safe food preparation and storage.
Smallpox
Describe the pathogens, form of transmission, and symptoms associated with smallpox; tell the story of early variolation (inoculation) and Edward Jenner’s vaccination; and describe how COVID-19 relates to other respiratory-transmitted diseases.
Polio
Provide information on polio including transmission, symptoms, and why it is close to being eradicated from humans; explain how COVID-19 may impact different human groups; and describe what science literacy is and how it relates to this course’s nine outcomes.
Vaccines
Describe the status of vaccines used to prevent AIDS, malaria, TB, and measles; explain why people have to keep getting flu vaccines year after year; and list issues associated with developing an effective vaccine against SARS-CoV-2.
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