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WLHS / Bio / Monson / UNIT 8 – Viruses & Bacteria
Pathogen Wanted Poster Research mini-Project
For this mini-project, you be will be researching one of the pathogens in the list below
and you will produce a "Wanted Poster." In this project, you will be working individually.
You will be able to choose one of the pathogens below (or choose one off the list!).
BE CREATIVE and have fun!
Project Description:
A. Make a wanted poster for one of the pathogens listed on the back. Poster is to be on a regular 8.5” x
11” piece of paper. A “mug shot” of your pathogen should appear on the front of the poster with a detailed
description on the back (if you need more than one sheet of paper for the description, just staple second
sheet to the poster). The poster should include:
1) “Mug shot” of the suspect (5 points)
The photo can be hand drawn or a picture from the internet. If you use a photograph from the
internet/book/magazine/etc.…you MUST cite the picture in your citations
(where did you get it?); include a caption explaining why this pathogen is “wanted”
2) Description of the suspect (5 points)
a. Is the suspect a bacteria, virus, or parasite?
b. What does it physically look like? (i.e. under a microscope / electron microscope)
(Identify key characteristics that will help someone identify it.)
c. size? Kingdom / phylum / etc.? Identify key characteristics that would help someone
identify it under a microscope.
3) Organism's mode of operation or m.o. (5 points)
a. How does the suspect attack its victim? (How does one “get it”?)
b. How does it spread from one person to another; or from host to victim?
c. Does it have any “accomplices”? (other organisms that carry it around)
4) Most common victims to prey upon (5 points)
a. Does it infect humans only? Other species?
b. Are some individuals at greater risk than others?
5) “Hide out” of the culprit (5 points)
a. Where is the suspect most likely to be found? (either in nature, as in a host, or which tissue/cell type in an infected
patient)
b. What body system(s) does the suspect affect? Are specific cells the target?
6) Most common injury done to victim (4 points)
a. What are the symptoms of the victim?
b. How does someone know if they have it?
c. How is it diagnosed?
7) Is it considered armed and dangerous? (4 points)
a. Rate the degree of damage caused?
b. Is it lethal? Can it cause permanent damage or lifelong problems?
c. How many days is a person typically sick?
8) Statistics: Number of victims per year, infection rates in different parts
Of the world, which age group most affected, sex most affected, etc… (4 points)
9) Most effective weapons against the suspect? (4 points)
a. Treatment for the disease, possible cure for the disease?
B. You will need at least 4 sources listed in a bibliography & you will hand these in with your
poster (1 of your sources may be your picture citation; use proper APA citation format!). (4 pts)
C. TURNITIN.COM: Submit the written portion of the project to TURNITIN.COM. (5 points)
**Remember to save your written portion as a Word doc, or in your google drive.
WLHS / Bio / Monson / UNIT 8 – Viruses & Bacteria
PATHOGEN MOST WANTED Poster DUE Friday APRIL 8th!
List of the “Usual Suspects”
Viral Pathogen
Disease Name
Bacterial Pathogen
Disease Name
Bacillus anthracis
anthrax
Varicella spp.
Chicken Pox
Bordetella pertussis
whooping cough
Vaicella spp.
Small Pox
Clostridium botulinum
botulism
Polio
poliomyelitis
Clostridium perfringens
gas gangrene
Hepatitis A
Clostridium tetani
tetanus
Hepatitis B
Corynebacterium diphtheria
diphtheria
Hepatitis C
HCV
Escherichia coli
acute pyelonephritis
Hantavirus
Francisella tularensis
tularemia or rabbit fever
Ebola
Hantavirus Pulmonary
Syndrome
Hemorrhagic Fever
Hemophilus influenzae
meningitis
Legionella pneumophila
Legionnaires Disease
SARS coronavirus
Severe Acute
Respiratory Syndrome
ZIKA
ZIKA Virus Disease
Lactobacillus acidophilus
Mycobacterium leprae
cavities
leprosy (Hansen's disease) Parasitic Pathogens
Mycobacterium tuberculosis tuberculosis
Disease Name
Plasmodium spp.
Malaria
Trypanosoma spp.
African Sleeping
Sickness
Dum-Dum Fever, kalaazar
perianal pruritus
(pinworm)
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
gonorrhoea
Neisseria meningitidis
spinal menigitis
Rickettsia richettsii
Rocky Mountain Spotted
Fever
Enterobius vermicularis
Rickettsia prowazekii
typhus
Toxoplasma gondii
Salmonella typhi
typhoid fever
Naegleria fowleri
Salmonella typhimurium
food poisoning
Dranuculus medinesis
Shigella dysenteriae
dysentery
Nosopsyllus fasciatus (vector) plague
Streptococcus mutans
cavities
Ixodes spp (vector)
Lymes disease
Streptococcus pneumoniae
pneumonia
Giardia lamblia
Giardia
Streptococcus (group A)
scarlet fever
Tenia spp.
Tapeworm
Streptococcus (group A)
rheumatic fever
Schistosoma spp.
Schistosomiasis
Treponema pallidum
syphilis
Trichinella spp.
Trichinosis
Treponema pertenue
yaws
Fungal Pathogens
Disease Name
Vibrio cholerae
cholera
Ringworm
Dermatophytosis
Yersinia pestis
Plague
Trichophyton rubrum
Athlete’s Foot
Staphylococcus aureus
Staph infections
Leishmania donovani
Meningoencephalitis