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Microbiology, Fifth Edition
Microbiology, 5/e
Lansing M Prescott, Augustana College
Donald A Klein, Colorado State University
John P Harley, Eastern Kentucky University

The Epidemiology of Infectious Disease

Web Exercise

1. Use an Internet search engine to look up the following topics:
Pathogens on money
Tuskeegee syphilis experiment
Koch's postulates verified for AIDS and HIV

Now use the CDC web site to get more specific information about the pathogens http://www.cdc.gov/

Write a short summary of what you discover on your searches.

2. Since most of us will be traveling abroad sometime during our lives, the following web sites offer health advice for travelers. Choose some exotic place you have always dreamed of traveling to outside the United States and contact some of the following sites for recommendations.
http://www.cdc.gov
http://www.state.gov
http://www.fas.org/promed
http://www.astmh.org
http://www.csih.org