Check any of the following infectious diseases you have had. Where appropriate, list your age at the time of the infection and any special circumstances surrounding the time of the infection (e.g., your entire first grade class got the chicken pox; you got mononucleosis at a time of high stress) in the box provided.

Athlete's foot	Lyme disease	Scarlet fever
Chicken pox	Malaria	Shingles
Chlamydia	Measles	Strep throat
Cold sores (HSV)	Meningitis	Syphilis
Diphtheria	Mononucleosis	Tetanus
Encephalitis	Mumps	Toxic shock syndrome
Genital herpes (HSV)	Whooping cough (pertussis)	Trichomoniasis
Genital warts (HPV)	Pinworm	Tuberculosis
Giardiasis	Pneumonia	Ulcer (H. pylori)
Gonorrhea	Poliomyelitis	Urinary tract infection
Hepatitis A	Pubic lice	Warts (site: __________)
Hepatitis B	Rabies	Yeast infection
Hepatitis C	Rheumatic fever	Other:
HIV infection	Ringworm	Other:
Influenza	Rubella (German measles)	Other:
Jock itch	Scabies	Other:
Disease	Age	Circumstances

INTERNET ACTIVITY Choose one of the emerging infectious diseases described in the chapter or one you've heard about recently in the news. Use the sites below or perform a search to learn more about the disease. What causes the disease, and what are its effects? How is it transmitted? Where is it most common? What are some of the reasons for its emergence and/or spread? What can public health officials and individuals do to reduce the spread of the disease? CDC National Center for Infectious Diseases National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases World Health Organization Disease: Site(s) visited (URL): Information obtained:

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