Paper instructions:
Read the following articles. Write a one paragraph

summary of each article that discusses the societal

issues involved with these parasitic diseases. Do these

diseases affect society? Does human activity change

the parasite’s ability to spread and find hosts?

Protozoan Parasites Articles:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/12/0

4/brain-eating-amoeba-annie-bahneman-pam-

parasite/3633531/

http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/milwaukee-

marks-20-years-since-cryptosporidium-outbreak-

099dio5-201783191.html

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jun/05/new-

wave-drug-resistant-malaria-burma

Helminth Parasites Articles:

http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-

10370_12150_12220-27261–,00.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6753003.stm

http://www.gpb.org/news/2014/05/28/thriving-

towns-in-east-africa-are-good-news-for-a-parasitic-

worm

Bacterial Diseases Articles:

http://www.postcrescent.com/article/20140518/APC0

4/305180065/Diagnosing-treating-Lyme-disease-an-

ongoing-battle-Wisconsin

http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/28/health/return-

white-plague-incurable-tb/

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm631

8a4.htm