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Scenario: A trip up the Amazon, encountering the Yanomami who are suffering the beginning of an epidemic of TB, provides a vehicle for beginning to connect the roles of symbiosis (including parasitism), habitat, population dynamics and evolution in the development of an epidemic.
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Examples of In-Class Discussion Questions:
Related Laboratory Experiments and Tutorials:
Lab 9: How does drug type or UV radiation influence evolution of antibiotic resistance?
Sample Calculation and Graph
Corresponding Essential Study Partner Segments:
The Essential Study Partner is part of the McGraw-Hill Web Site.
To access it go here. Then follow these relevant paths below:Cells > Cell structure > Cells > Cell Membrane > Prokaryotes 
Eukaryotes Animals > Lymph & Immunity Membrane Structure Ecology > Populations > Specific Immunity 
Ecology > Communities > Introduction Human Populations Introduction Symbiosis Many of these are figures and accompanying text, but some are video clips that should help you see the process in action.
Sample Calculation and Graph (logistic growth curve and an example for a multi-year calculation)
Population Growth Tutorial (learn to calculate exponential and logistic growth)
The site for your textbook Life by Ricki Lewis
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Learn more about how Basic Population Growth Models work and how Population Growth and Density Dependence relate to each other using a program that allows you to manipulate different factors. |
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Population Growth Problems and Answers University of Texas |
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| Population
Growth Has
the world's population distribution changed much over time? |
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Billion Human Beings |
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of overpopulation The Population Institute |
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| Epidemic!
A Fred Friendly Seminar Includes information on the history of infectious diseases and lessons on epidemics |
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| Surveillance
and Response Includes information on global infectious disease surveillance, information on various infectious diseases, and anti-infective drug resistance |
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Forestry: Acorns, Gypsy Moths, and Lyme Disease A summary of research on the link between acorns, gypsy moths and Lyme Disease |
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| WHO This web site that contains information concerning Tuberculosis |
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Milk Boost Immune System An article from Reuters by Maggie Fox discusses how breast milk stimulates development of B cells |
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| Vaccination A short video summarizing the role of vaccine, B-Cells, and memory cells in providing immunity to disease from McGraw-Hill OLC |
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| Tuberculosis |
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Population Issue Includes information and statistics concerning overpopulation, deforestation, water scarcity, and famine |
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| Biodiversity
and Conservation Chapter 16: HUMAN POPULATION GROWTH Includes information on human population growth, carrying capacity, regional differences in population problems, and population policies |
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| Learn about the impact of Antibacterial Soaps from the Honors 1999 class. | |
| Endosymbiosis
and The Origin of Eukaryotes from an On-line textbook by Dr. John W.
Kimball (Outstanding hyperlinked explanation with detailed maps of Mitochodrial and chloroplast genomes - which you might compare to what you are learning about in lab about plasmids; Don't panic - there is far more detailed information than you need) |
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| Evolution: Life vs Non-Life (unknown author - reasonalbly clear and succinct explanation of origin of eukaryotes) | |
| Endosymbiotic Theory (lecture from a cell biology course at University of Minnesota) | |
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| Emergence of Infectious Diseases Journal | |
| Factors in the Emergence of Infectious Diseases - Article in the Journal above | |
| Epidemiology of TB in the United States | |
| TB Issues | |
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| Macrophage images and movies | |
| The Plague (Timpview High School & Brigham Young University) | |
| Understanding the Immune System (NIH) | |
| All the Virology on the Web (Microbiology videos) | |
| Immunology and Immune Defense against Microbial Pathogens | |
| Cells Alive (an impressive collection of Microbiology Materials) | |
| Lyme Disease and the Food Web | |
| The Black Death | |
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| A century of tracking infectious diseases (3:40, Morning Edition 1/6/99): | |
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Drug-resistant strains of TB (7:20, Morning Edition 9/21/98): |
| New
Drug-Resistant TB Strain Threatens World 3/24/06 |
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| How safe is the food supply? (12:53, All Things Considered 8/15/01): | |
| Urinary tract infections (3:46, All Things Considered 10/3/01): | |
| Anthrax Procedures Public Document - Released by the Center for Disease Control, U.S. Postal Service, Florida Department of Health, Florida Department of Law Enforcement. to help postal workers and all citizens identify suspicous packages | |
| Anthrax: General and technical information about this disease from the Center for Disease Control. | |
| Key Anthrax Door found - how the toxin enters cells and kills them - and much much more | |
| Smallpox as a Biological Weapon from a 1999 article on a web page associated with the Journal of the American Medical Association. Describes the concerns about tue disease as well as its history, symptoms, and treatment. |
The website for your textbook has flashcards organised by chapters. You are only responsible for topics discussed in class. For this scenario, flashcards with the Major Terms Introduced can be found in:
Chap. 4: The Cell Membrane, Cytoskeleton, and Cell-Cell Interactions
Chap. 39: The Immune System
Chap. 42: Populations
(Animation of B-Cell role in immunity)
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