Before getting into Respiratory Therapy I was thinking about majoring in microbiology, specifically infectious diseases, so I have taken quite a bit of classes on the subject.
These last few months I have took an interest again on the subject, and have spent my down time researching through books, movies, a mobile game, and even a scavenger hunt.
This post is a hybrid part video/ part text so I would recommend watching the video first.
The references from the video are below:
- Flu Season not for me- I scheduled my vacation based on surveillance screening to miss flu season. I took my vacation during the end of January-to early February. As you can see for the graph below, the flu came early in my area, however I still had off during the peak of the season.
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| 2013 Flu data for Norfolk, VA |
ADDITIONAL LINKS
Original Post: "Flu Season Not for Me".
2. Plague, Inc
Website: Ndemic Creations
Critical Community Size (CCS)- There is a critical minimum size of the host population below which it can't persist indefinitely as an endemic, circulating infection.
Important parameter in disease dynamics.
More info @: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2738515/
3. Zoonosis Scavenger Hunt
ADDITIONAL
Non-fiction books
The coming plague: Newly emerging diseases in a world out of balance. (1995). Laurie Garett.
-This is a very detailed book and my overall favorite on the topic of emerging diseases.
An American plague: The untold story of yellow fever. The epidemic that shaped our history. (2007). Molly Caldwell Crosby.
Fiction
The Demon in the freezer. A true story. (2003). Richard Preston.
-It states its a true story, however I question this based on how Ebola is embellished in his other books.
Actually, I have read almost all of Richard Preston's books so here is a link to his amazon author page: Richard Preston
The Andromeda Strain. Michael Crichton
Next. Michael Crichton
-note: this book was published before the movie "Rise of the Planet of the Apes". I believe a lot of the ideas in the movie came from "Next".
MOVIES
OutBreak (1995)
Contagion (2011)