Infectious Microbes Research Assignment
Answer the following questions in form of an essay/paper using the following guidelines when writing your paper.
- APA format
- 3-5 pages (including abstract)
- Double spaced
- 12-point font
- Title page
- Citations and reference paper
- What are agents of infectious disease?
- How can they be described?
- What is it meant by an agent of infectious disease?
- What are microbes?
- What are disease causing microbes?
- What are the four categories of microbes?
- What role do microbes play in a laboratory setting?
- What lab safety measures do we use to protect ourselves from disease causing microbes?
- What safety measures do we use to protect of the microbe sample we may be analyzing from contamination?
- What is one disease caused by microbes? Talk briefly about the disease.
- What causes it?
- Is there a cure?
- How is it tested?
- What is the genus and species name?
- What are some symptoms of the disease you chose?
Be prepared to talk about the disease you chose in front of the class. This does not mean read from your paper. It means in your own words tell us what you have learned by researching this disease.
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