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Topic for research disease is chlamydia

Infectious Disease Research Paper

A close examination of a single communicable disease can provide a good framework for understanding many diseases. The method by which a disease is acquired, how it is transmitted, identified, treated, and tracked are all major concerns in public health. As budding scientists, health-care workers, or researchers, it is of great importance that we study the similarities and differences of diseases so as to identify and understand the nuances that can be the difference between effective treatment, an individual's death, or the start of an epidemic.

The Assignment:

1. Pick a communicable disease of interest to you. It can be bacterial, viral, or parasitic. (I need to approve the topic- to be certain that it will fit the requirements listed below.)

2. Your paper should address

a. the manner in which the disease is transmitted (oral-fecal route, inhalation, casual contact, sexual contact, vector-transmitted ex. Tick, mosquito, kissing bug, Tsetse fly, blackfly, snail, etc.,)

b. as well as the causative agent (bacteria, virus, worm, protozoan, prion).

3. You should also discuss a brief history of the disease (including the infectious part of the lifecycle if it is a parasite), where it is endemic and where it has spread, the general symptoms and stages of symptoms if there are such stages.

4. Mention if this disease is currently on the WHO website or CDC watch list. Several diseases may be classified as potential biological weapons, which you should mention if that is true for your disease. You might want to cite (or hypothesize) the reason your disease is considered a potential weapon, which might include communicability, death rate, or some other quality.

5. When discussing treatment, you can mention (brief) historical treatment, but should focus on vaccines (if there are any), the most recent drugs availableand the method of action of such drugs.

6. Finally, discuss if there is an outbreak in the world at the moment, how long it has been a concern, and what is being done to slow or stop this disease.

*References for this paper may follow scientific format or MLA format, but be consistent. Citations need to be of proper reliability and authority; peer-reviewed journals, CDC or WHO websites, or college, university research, or hospital programs. Wikipedia is NOT AN ACCEPTABLE SOURCE! Any person can edit this kind of source and as such there is no way to verify credibility. Blogs are likewise unacceptable. Please think about the source you are using before you give credence to what it states... there are a multitude of acceptable, credible, reliable, reviewed sources for this kind of information.

**The paper should be between 3-5pgs. Double spaced, size 12 legible font, 1in. margins. Include name and pg numbers.