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= **Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases** =

The goal of this project is to study five different infectious diseases in order to understand what makes them "emerge" or "re-emerge" and what factors contribute to the spread of these pathogens.

Your "wiki" project should provide the following information:

1) Introduction/Background 2) Structure of Pathogen 3) Transmission 4) Symptoms & Disease Progression 5) Pathogenesis 6) Treatment & Response 7) Contributing Factors

The "Ebola" page is an example project -- refer to it for help!

The final assessment for this project will be a short paper that answers the following question, using information drawn from the topic you study in addition to topics covered by your peers:

What is the most effective way to respond to emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases?

Remember to consider counterarguments to your position as well as conditions that might hinder or cause this approach to fail.