Infectious Disease Games

Hey guys,
I was introduced to this website and thought I'd share it for your pleasure. Happy learning. :)

http://webadventures.rice.edu/ed/Teacher-Resources/_games/MedMyst/

Infectious Disease Slides

01 Cholera, Malaria, Tuberculosis (TB) and AIDS

View more presentations from Jaya Kumar.

02 Antibiotics

View more presentations from Jaya Kumar.

Vaccination and Herd Immunity

Hey everyone,
Here is the link to some info on vaccinations and the video I mentioned on herd immunity. I think the video is kinda cute.

http://www.nhs.uk/Planners/vaccinations/Pages/sciencevaccinations.aspx

Cholera and TB

Here are some conscience-smiting videos that I showed in class just to create awareness about these diseases and its impact on people in certain parts of the world. We tend to take things for granted in our own country without realizing what goes on in other parts of the world. Our tendency to depend solely on commercial media does not help as these media companies have their own pockets to take care of as well and leave out news that don't carry any commercial value (can't really blame them either).

Cholera


TB

Meningitis

After the recent outbreak of meningitis cases in the training academy in Malaysia, I thought it would be good for us to know a bit more about this disease. Here's a video to help. :)

Swine Flu

Picture taken from http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/photos/2009/04/27/spain-flu-cp-6620141-wide.jpg

Before anybody overreacts, I thought it would be good to provide some reliable links to obtain accurate information concerning this new disease that has caught the attention of our media. It is always good to be in an informed position.

http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/key_facts.htm (Questions like the following ones have been answered on the CDC website:

Can people catch swine flu from eating pork? No. Swine influenza viruses are not transmitted by food. You can not get swine influenza from eating pork or pork products. Eating properly handled and cooked pork and pork products is safe. Cooking pork to an internal temperature of 160°F kills the swine flu virus as it does other bacteria and viruses.

How does swine flu spread? Influenza viruses can be directly transmitted from pigs to people and from people to pigs. Human infection with flu viruses from pigs are most likely to occur when people are in close proximity to infected pigs, such as in pig barns and livestock exhibits housing pigs at fairs. Human-to-human transmission of swine flu can also occur. This is thought to occur in the same way as seasonal flu occurs in people, which is mainly person-to-person transmission through coughing or sneezing of people infected with the influenza virus. People may become infected by touching something with flu viruses on it and then touching their mouth or nose.)

http://www.who.int/csr/disease/swineflu/en/index.html (WHO provides situation updates here)

HIV Replication

Here's an animated video of the replication of the HIV within the human body and how we could possibly stop it.

Malaria - A Global Killer

Color-synthesizing scanning electron microscope image by David Scharf

Hey guys, this is for those who just presented or witnessed the presentation on Malaria. The article in National Geographic I was talking about can be found in the link below. Go look through the pictures too and there's a video as well. Some of you from the previous intake will remember me quoting this article in class. ;)

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2007/07/malaria/finkel-text