The University of Arizona

MIC 438 / 538
ECOLOGY OF SELECTED BACTERIAL DISEASES
Decker
Schedule 2007

Exam 2 KEY

Exam 2 is now available in VSM 202. The average was 84.6. I'll be available 9-1 daily if you have questions about the grading. Have a good summer, JMD

Web Sites
CDC Disease Information
World Health Organization
Bacteriology at UW-Madison
Online Textbook of Microbiology http://textbookofbacteriology.net/
Thurs Feb 15 Biofilms Power Point   PPhtml
Dunne, W. M. Seen Any Good Biofilms Lately? Clin. Microbiol. Rev 15(Apr): 155-166 (2002)
Donlan, R. M. Biofilms: Microbial Life on Surfaces. EID 8(9): 881-890 (2002)
Parsek, M. R. and P. K. Singh. Bacterial Biofilms: An Emerging Link to Disease Pathogenesis. Annu. Rev. Microbiol 57: 677-701 (2003)
Tues Feb 20 Anthrax: Dust to Dust   No Class; out-of-class assignment
Read: Inglesby, T. V. Anthrax: A Possible Case History. EID 5: 556 (July-Aug) 1999 and Jerrigan et al. Investigation of Bioterrorism-Related Anthrax, United States, 2001: Epidemiologic Findings. EID 8: 1019 (October), 2002
Write: 1. Compare and contrast the predicted and actual bioterrorist attacks with anthrax. 2. What ecological factors of Bacilus anthracis contribute to its effectiveness as a bioterrorism agent? Due in class Thursday 2/22.  KEY
Van Ness, G. B. Ecology of Anthrax Science 172: 1303 (June 25) 1971
CNN report 2.23.06: New York man falls ill with anthrax:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/02/22/anthrax.hospital/index.html
Dragon, D. C. and R. P. rennie The ecology of anthrax spors: Tough but not invincible. Can. Vet. J. 36: 295-301, May 1995.
Heim, P and M. L. Smith. Bacillus anthracis evolution and epidemiology. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol. 271:21-32, 2002.
Turnbull PC. Introduction: anthrax history, disease and ecology. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol. 271:1-19, 2002.
Thurs Feb 22 Mycobacteria   Power Point  PPhtml
Read before class Thursday Mycobacterium chelonae infections associated with face lifts - New Jersey, 2002-2003. MMWR March 12, 2004
Health Impacts of Environmental Mycobacteria Clin. Micro. Rev. Jan 2004
Tues Feb 27

Antibiotic Resistance  PowerPoint  PPhtml
Read before class Tuesday and bring copy to class for discussion: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections Among Competitive Sports Participants --- Colorado, Indiana, Pennsylvania, and Los Angeles County, 2000--2003 MMWR August 22, 2003  also Mycobacterium chelonae infections associated with face lifts - New Jersey, 2002-2003. MMWR March 12, 2004 http://www.cdc.goc/mmwr
Bring to class #2 pencil for Dr. Sterling's evaluation

Thurs Mar 1

Cholera Power Point  PPhtml
Read before class Thursday Vibrio Illnesses After Hurricane Katrina --- Multiple States, August--September 2005 MMWR September 23, 2005
John Snow at UCLA: http://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/snow.html
Lipp, Erin K. et al. Effects of Global Climate on Infectious Disease: The Cholera Model Clin. Microbiol Rev 15 (4): 757-770 (Oct 2002)
Cholera Review in The Lancet: Volume 363, Issue 9404 Pages 223-233
Tues March 6 Food-Borne Illnesses Power Point PPhtml
Read before class Tuesday   Salmonellosis - Outbreak investigation, February 2007 including linked sites and Burnett, S. L. et al. Survival of Salmonella in peanut butter and peanut butter spread. J. Applied Microbiology 89: 472-477, 2000.
Tauxe, R. V. (1997) Emerging foodborne diseases: an evolving public health challenge. EID 3(4): 425-434
Thurs March 8 Plague  Powerpoint  PPhtml
Read before class Thursday
  Human Plague - Four States, 2006 MMWR September 1, 2006
Imported Plague - New York City, 2002 MMWR August 8, 2003

Fatal Human Plague - Arizona and Colorado, 1996. MMWR July 11, 1997
Pneumonic Plague - Arizona, 1992. MMWR October 9, 1992.
Perry, R. D. and J. D. Fetherston. Yersinia pestis - Etiologic Agent of Plague. Clin. Micr. Rev. 10 (Jan 1997): 35-66.
 
Tues March 13
Thurs March 15
SPRING BREAK!
Tues March 20 Legionellosis  Powerpoint  PPhtml
Read before class Tuesday
Sustained Transmission of Nosocomial Legionnaires Disease -- Arizona and Ohio

Swanson, M. S. and B. K. Hammer. Legionella pneumophila pathogenesis: A fateful journey from amobae to macrophages. An. Rev. Microbiol. 54: 567-613 (2000)
Fields, B. S. et al. Legionella and Legionnaire's Disease: 25 years of Investigation. Clin. Microbiol. Rev 15 (July 2002): 506-526

Benin, A. L. et al. Trends in Legionnaire's Disease, 1980-1998: declining mortality and new patterns of diagnosis. Clin. Infect. Dis 35 (Nov 1 2002): 1039-1046.
Thurs March 22 Syphilis   Powerpoint   PPhtml
Tues March 27 Take Home Exam: Ecol. of Selected Bacterial Diseases (2/15-3/22) Due at beginning of class Thursday March 29
I will be available Tuesday March 28 at 2PM in my office (VSM 235) to answer questions about the exam (If many of you come we'll move to the classroom).

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