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| 1. Examine the results when the phrase “Norwalk virus and cruise ships” is entered into a search engine.
2. You be the detective. Surf the Web to find some possible answers to these mysteries:
a. How did West Nile fever spread from Africa to the rest of the world? b. What was the origin of the SARS coronavirus? c. What factors gave rise to the severity of the influenza pandemic on 1918? 3. Go to http://www.niaid.nih.gov/biodefense/bandc_priority.htm Locate the lists of category A, B, and C pathogens and determine which viruses from this chapter are on this list. 4. Find information about the study in which polioviruses were synthesized in a test tube. Answer questions about the why, how, and potential dangers of this technology. |