Hantavirus

Global Warming and Emerging Infectious Diseases Environmental Science Institute Rutgers University Summer 1998

Table of Contents

• Purpose & Introduction
• PARTICIPANTS
• National Science Standards
• Overview of Infectious Diseases
• Disease Background and Vectors of Transmission
• Climate Changes and the Effect on Infectious Diseases
• Educational Lessons  & Assessments
• Educational Links
• Hot Links
• RESOURCES
• Glossary

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Introduction

"To James Madison in Virginia, Jefferson wrote [ from Philadelphia] of the fever that Sunday, September1. Everyone was fleeing, he told Madison, and he had instructed his daughter Maria to stay out at Gray's Ferry, but he himself had to go to town everyday.  Alexander Hamilton was stricken on September 5, Mrs. Hamilton soon after.  In every city anti-French partisans wait anxiously for word.  When his recovery was announced, letters of gratitude and relief appeared ....  President Washington had no one to inform him or bring him reports, none to advise or confer with him.  The Federal government had evaporated.  'It was my wish to have continued there longer, but Mrs. Washington was unwilling to leave me surrounded by the malignant fever which prevailed.'  Next morning, September 10, the President and Mrs. Washington drove down to Gray's Ferry, where they visited with the secretary of State.  Jefferson was likewise preparing  to leave town."  " A change in weather slowed the epidemic in mid-October, then an early mosquito-killing frost in mid-November brought it to an end.  It was only by chance that the epidemic did not alter the course of American history. "

Purpose:

To investigate the relationships between global climate change and infectious diseases.

Introduction:

Nine middle and high school teachers under the mentorship of Professor Marie Siewierski have investigated the relationships between global climate change and emerging infectious diseases.  The project team examined the current scientific literature and collected Internet data in an effort to determine these key components and their interrelationships. Using dengue and hantavirus  as  model infectious diseases, the major components of this site include climate variations, human dimensions, and a historical perspective. The activities described at this site address the National Research Council (NCR) National Science Education Standards (NOSES).

Mentor:
Prof. Marie Siewierski
Dept. of Environmental Science
Cook College, Rutgers University
siewierski@aesop.rutgers.edu

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Participants:

Marianne Barker Caramel High School Mandolin, Illinois mabarker1@aol.com	Dana Smith Shelby High School Shelby, Ohio danarules@yahoo.com	Jennifer Williams Meredith Middle School Des Moines, Iowa williamsje@dmps.des-moines.k12.ia.us
Evelyn Netterville Central High School Baton Rouge, Louisiana enetterville@juno.com	Vashone Todd Phillips High School Birmingham, Alabama vashonetodd@yahoo.com	Joyce Williams Jim Hill High School Jackson, Mississippi jvgwilliams@hotmail.com
Valerie Silva Roosevelt High School Fresno CA valsil@aol.com	Crystal Williams Broadmoor High School Baton Rouge, Louisiana cwilli23@yahoo.com	Latifa Zaid Vanguard High School New York, New York zaid1@juno.com

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