Infectious Disease Activity:

1) What type of pathogen causes it?

2) How does it infect humans and how does it spread from person to person?

3) a) What are the major complications associated with this disease?

b) Is it deadly? If so what causes death and what is the chance of survival?

5) How common is this disease? How many people in the US/World contract the disease each year?

6) How many people die in the US and in the world each year? What percentage of people infected have died?

7) Describe any current any treatments that are available for patients after they have been infected? How
effective are they?

8) Are vaccines available? If so, what are the vaccines made of?