Reference no: EM133347234
Choose one disease in the latest report. Then, use the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (n.d.) and other government (.gov) or organizational (.org) websites to answer the discussion prompts provided.
1. What disease did you choose, and why?
2. What is the causative agent (bacteria, virus, fungus, etc.) of this disease?
3. Describe the causative agent. Where can it be found? How can it be transmitted? What are the risk factors attributed to getting this disease? This is where a graphic or video will help!
4. Discuss the signs and symptoms of the disease.
5. Discuss the diagnostic testing of the disease.
6. Discuss the possible treatments of the disease.
7. If there are statistics related to the disease, please include these as well. For example, how many people may have had this disease in the last year? In the last 100 years? Have there been any recent outbreaks?