Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
Textbook: Chapters 1-7, 9-16, and 19-25
Title: Microbiology: A Systems Approach
Authors: Marjorie Kelly Cowan & Heidi Smith
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Publication Date: 2024
Edition: 7th
APA Citation
Cowan, M. K., & Smith, H. (2024). Microbiology: A Systems Approach (7th ed.). McGraw Hill.
Minimum of 2 scholarly sources
Use the Library Guides to find your scholarly sources.
Instructions
The goal for this project is to:
Discover real-life applications of microbiology.
Apply the knowledge you have learned in this course to a pathogen of your choice.
For this assignment, you will first summarize an article (not a review) published in the past three years about a pathogen of your choice. The article may be scholarly or written for the public and should focus on new information about your pathogen. It should not be a review article.
In the second part of your essay, you will apply the knowledge you have learned in this course to the characteristics of your pathogen and the disease it causes. Additionally, you will describe the modes of pathogen transmission, disease prevention strategies, and epidemiology of the disease caused by your pathogen.
Important steps
Have your professor approve both your pathogen and article by Sunday of Week 5.
Review and address all aspects of the rubric shown below.
Use the assignment templateLinks to an external site. to write your paper.
Try to write your paper early in the week so that you can submit it to the Essay Review ServiceLinks to an external site. for feedback before submitting it for grading by your professor.
Submit your paper to the Turnitin Draft Submission to check that your similarity index is less than 25%.
Requirements
If you are repeating this course, you must write a new Pick Your Pathogen essay. You may not use the essay that you submitted in your previous attempt of this course.
Writing Requirements (APA format)
Length: 3 pages (not including title page or references page)
1-inch margin
Double spaced
12-point Times New Roman font
Title page
References page (minimum of 2 scholarly sources)
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