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
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| 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 |
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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. |
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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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