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Biol 101 Writing Assignment 2:
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Fall 2017
Human Biology Writing Assignment 2
Explore global health
In this writing assignment, you will look up information about a recent disease outbreak from
around the world, and read several scientific papers related to that disease.
Learning objectives:
• Learn some of the details of transmission, infection, and recovery from a single disease
• Continue learning to read and understand scientific literature
• Learn to search for scientific literature using a scientific literature index
Step 1:
Begin here: http://healthmap.org. Browse around a bit to get familiar with the site.
• From the main page, find the Search button at the top left:
• From the Location tab, select a location that begins with the same letter as your last name
(for me, Kevin Turner, I could select from Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, The Bahamas,
or any other country that begins with T).
• From the Species tab, select “Humans”
• From the Date tab, select “past month”
• Click the submit search button:
• Take a look at the map and click on some of the dots just to see a few of the disease
outbreaks happening around the country
• Click the List View button at the top right: , then be sure to Display All Results
Step 2:
Start your paper by identifying the country you’re using, and list all human diseases from your
chosen country. (If there is only a single disease reported in the last month, include a note to
indicate this fact. If there were no diseases in the last month, select a new country.)
Identify which disease you’re focusing your paper on.
Step 3:
Select from among the diseases listed (1), and follow one of the links to the “Summary” source,
and view the full article (2):
Step 4:
In 1-2 sentences, summarize the information from the article
Identify the sources of information from the article (this is not a formal citation). This will be
something like the health minister of the country, an agency like the Centers for Disease Control,
a hospital, or other similar person or group.
Step 5:
Use the World Health Organization and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
websites (www.who.int and www.cdc.gov) to search for your disease. Locate information sheets
or fact sheets from either source.
In your paper, describe the disease in a few bullet points to include:
• What kind of organism causes the disease? (e.g. virus, bacteria, roundworm, etc.)
• How is it transmitted between people? (e.g. fluid contact, mosquito vector, etc.)
• What are the symptoms?
• What are the treatments?
• One additional bit of information you find interesting
Step 6:
See Blackboard to watch the two presentations from WSU Librarian, Betty Galbraith about how
to search for scientific literature using scholarly databases, and how to determine if an article is
peer-reviewed. These are both very large files, which will take a while to download.
Step 7:
Using PubMed, BIOSIS, Web of Science, Google Scholar, or any other scholarly database of
your choice, search for and select 3 scientific articles about your disease. All three must be from
peer-reviewed journals (again, you can review instructions on Blackboard about searching for
scientific literature and verifying peer-review). For each of the three articles, provide the
following:
• Formal citation for the article. Use the format described here:
libraries.wsu.edu/quickguides/sssa
• A 1-paragraph description of the article and its findings
Step 8:
Write a 1-2 paragraph summary of your understanding of the disease, based on your
WHO/CDC/research article readings.
Example:
(Last name beginning with T)
Location: Thailand
Diseases:
1. Bite
2. Cholera
3. Dengue – I’m selecting this disease
Article summary: There have been 200 deaths and almost 64,000 infections of dengue fever in
Thailand in the last 6 months. The monsoons coming next month are expected to increase the
number of cases, so the government will begin mosquito spraying and will be fining people who
do not remove mosquito breeding grounds from their properties.
Article source: Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne
WHO/CDC summary:
• Dengue is a viral disease
• Transmitted between people by mosquitoes
• Symptoms include…
• Treatments include…
• Interesting tidbit…
Citation 1…
Summary of article 1…
Citation 2…
Summary of article 2…
Citation 3…
Summary of article 3…
Summary of my understanding of this disease…
…
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