today in class, we worked in groups to do case study. we were sort of the teachers today. we broke up into groups after handing in homework and we each received an article of a disease. then, each group taught the class about their disease.
cholera is a darrheal disaease caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. it is active in nearly 70,000 villages and covers about 110 milion people.
hiv stands for human immuno defficiency virus. causes aids and there is no vaccine available. in 1980s, the first case of aids began. hiv is caused by infected blood cells. 1985 there was the first lisenced aids blood test was conducted. 1/2 million people die a year from aids a year in the u.s.

-NM