Play the role of budding epidemiologist who has been called to a popular national park in the American Southwest to investigate a disease outbreak. Six out of eight people camping in the same area have fallen ill with a serious ailment of unknown origin. Help public health officials trace the outbreak to its source using the basic methods of field epidemiology.
Click this link: Disease Detectives
Click "Launch the Interactive"
THEN: Write a paragraph in the comments below in response to the following:
How do epidemiologists track disease outbreaks? Find out as you try to trace a mysterious new illness to its source. Explain using your experience playing the "Disease Detectives" Interactive. Finally, discuss other situations where you might use the skills you used to deduce the cause of the dizzy fever outbreak. Post your paragraph on the main blog of the site.
Click this link: Disease Detectives
Click "Launch the Interactive"
THEN: Write a paragraph in the comments below in response to the following:
How do epidemiologists track disease outbreaks? Find out as you try to trace a mysterious new illness to its source. Explain using your experience playing the "Disease Detectives" Interactive. Finally, discuss other situations where you might use the skills you used to deduce the cause of the dizzy fever outbreak. Post your paragraph on the main blog of the site.