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Patterns of Zoonotic Disease

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Topic

  • Microbiology
  • Viruses
  • Pathogens & Disease
  • Math & Computational Skills
  • Graph Interpretation

Resource Type

  • Activities
  • Data Points

Level

High School — GeneralHigh School — AP/IBCollege
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Description

This activity guides the analysis of a published scientific figure from a study on the global distribution of zoonotic pathogens and their host species.

A zoonotic pathogen is any pathogen that can be transmitted from animals to humans and cause disease. The figure contains six maps that show the geographic distribution of clades, or groups, of mammal species known to carry zoonotic pathogens. The six clades include carnivores (Carnivora), bats (Chiroptera), primates (Primates), rodents (Rodentia), shrews and moles (Soricomorpha), and non-domesticated hoofed mammals (Ungulates).

The “Educator Materials” document includes a captioned figure, background information, graph interpretation, and discussion questions. The “Student Handout” includes a captioned figure and background information. The original article is also provided as a download.

The “Resource Google Folder” link directs to a Google Drive folder of resource documents in the Google Docs format. Not all downloadable documents for the resource may be available in this format. The Google Drive folder is set as “View Only”; to save a copy of a document in this folder to your Google Drive, open that document, then select File → “Make a copy.” These documents can be copied, modified, and distributed online following the Terms of Use listed in the “Details” section below, including crediting BioInteractive.

Student Learning Targets

  • Analyze and interpret data from a scientific figure. 
  • Describe the term zoonotic disease and discuss some of the global patterns in the mammals that carry these diseases.

Estimated Time

Within one 50-minute class period.

Key Terms

epidemiology, health care, heat map, infection, mammal, pathogen, reservoir, spillover event

Primary Literature

Han, Barbara A., Andrew M. Kramer, and John M. Drake. “Global Patterns of Zoonotic Disease in Mammals.” Trends in Parasitology 32, 7 (2016): 565–577. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2016.04.007.

Terms of Use

Please see the Terms of Use for information on how this resource can be used.

Accessibility Level (WCAG compliance)

PDF files meet criteria. Spanish files meet criteria.

Version History

Date Published 10.24.16
Date Updated 09.10.20

NGSS (2013)

HS-LS2-2, HS-LS2-8; SEP2, SEP4, SEP5

AP Biology (2019)

EVO-3.A, SYI-2.B; SP1, SP4

IB Biology (2016)

6.3, C.1

AP Environmental Science (2020)

Topic(s): 8.15, 9.4
Learning Objectives & Practices: EIN-3.D, STB-4.E, SP1, SP2

IB Environmental Systems and Societies (2017)

2.2

Common Core (2010)

ELA.RST.9-12.7
Math.S-ID.3, Math.S-IC.1; MP2, MP5

Vision and Change (2009)

CC2; DP2, DP3

Materials

Resource Google Folder (Link)
Educator Materials (PDF) 2 MB
Student Worksheet (PDF) 746 KB
Artículo científico original (PDF) 3 MB
Image (JPG) 635 KB
Educator Materials - Español (PDF) 997 KB
Student Handout - Español (PDF) 378 KB

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