Biology: The Dynamics of Life, California Edition

Chapter 39: Immunity from Disease

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The Immune System
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease sponsors this site about the immune system. Read the information and write a report about how the immune system responds to invaders.
( http://www.niaid.nih.gov/final/immun/immun.htm )

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Smallpox
This fact sheet outlines the dangers of smallpox. How many vials of vaccine are currently stored at the CDC? How would an aerosol release of smallpox affect the U.S. population?
( http://www.hopkins-biodefense.org/pages/agents/agentsmallpox.html )
WHO fact sheet on smallpox
The World Health Organization offers a comprehensive fact sheet about smallpox. Read about the historical significance of the disease. Where is smallpox thought to have originated?
( http://www.who.int/emc/diseases/smallpox/factsheet.html )

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Smallpox — Native Americans
Smallpox is easily spread and often deadly. This article describes how smallpox was first used as a biological weapon. How did General Jeffrey Amherst execute his plan to infect Native Americans with smallpox?
( http://www.zkea.com/archives/archive01002.html )
Center for Civilian Biodefense Strategies
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health - Biological Agents: Anthrax, botulinum toxin, plague, smallpox and tularemia are all considered possible biological weapons agents. Read the fact sheet for each of these diseases. Which agent do you feel is the most likely candidate to be used as a biological weapon? Why?
( http://www.jhsph.edu/test/Biodefense/agents.html )
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