B. Useful Links on Infectious Diseases and Outbreaks
1. The American Museum of Natural History: Epidemic Exhibitions
    Task:  View the exhibition. Find out the following information:
                a. What is a hantavirus?  Which animal spreads the disease? When was the latest outbreak?
                    How can the this disease be prevented?

                b. Malaria: Find out the following:
                    How have population increases affected the risk of disease?
                    How can malaria be prevented?

                c. Ebola: According to the exhibit, why are Ebola outbreaks limited?

                d. What is e-coli? Where can it be found? How can it be prevented?

                e. Click on the menu link to "Outbreaks".
                    How is the information in the exhibit about epidemiologists similar to what we learned
                    in Outbreak ?

                f.  Other Outbreaks that you might find interesting:
                    1908 Tuberculosis
                    1976 Legionnaire's Disease
                    1975-76 Lyme Disease
                    1992: Food Poisoning

2. The World Health Organization: Go to the website of the WHO. Search for information about one of the diseases below:
                a. SARS
                b. AIDS
                c. Legionnaire's Disease
                d. Flu
                e. Ebola

3. The Centers for Disease Control: Go to the CDC website. Find out about precautions that you can take when you travel.