1. What is the Golden Age of Microbiology?
2. Who is considered to be the father of modern
microbiology.
3. There are routine vaccines available to prevent some
bacterial and viral infections. Which of the two pathogens
have more vaccines available? What types (attenuated,
killed, recombinant, subunit, mRNA, DNA etc.) of vaccines
are available? Why do you think there are no routine
vaccines against algae, parasites and fungi? Use information
from your textbook, cdc.gov (search for Vaccines and
Vaccines and Preventable Diseases) and Health.gov
(Healthy People 2030/HP2030 under Objectives select
Infectious Diseases and Vaccinations) to answer the
questions. Response should include material from both
web sites.
4. Can antibiotics be used against viruses? Explain your
response.
5. Compare the information provided for vaccines at the
CDC and HP2030 websites. What is the same, similar and
different at both sites?