Our Resources
Here is the page where we will share links to videos and websites that have been a helpful tool for us!
Tools and Youtube Channels
Sites and Videos found for each week of Study
AIDS and HIV
Black Death
Influenza
PolioVirus
GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTIONS
Vector Born DiseaseSince we covered all the basics we decided to jump right into diseases. Our first type of disease we decided to study is Vector Born Diseases. Here we have posted all the links we found helpful.
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Different PathogensThe second week we decided to study Different Types of Pathogens. Below are some links we found helpful.
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Below is a TV show that we found interesting to watch in our free time. Its about human parasites and real life accounts of their infections. Warning: If you have a weak stomach this isn't the show for you!
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Immune SystemOur first area of study was the Immune System, below are the links to videos and website was found helpful.
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Below is a game that I (Summer) stumbled upon. Its a fun little mini game where you are that pathogen and you have to infect criminals, by avoiding different leukocytes and phagocytes. I have yet to defeat it, good luck! |
Books
To read:
- The Emperor of all Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee
- Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder
- Spillover by David Quammen
- Disease: The Extraordinary Stories Behind History's Deadliest Killers by Mary Dobson
- World War Z by Max Brooks
- Fever 1793 Laurie Halse Anderson
- The Great Influenza by John Barry
- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
- Rabid: A Cultural History of the Worlds Most Diabolical Virus by Bill Waski and Monica Murphy