Howard Hughes Medical Institute
West Nile Virus: Vectors and Hosts Game
The spread of an infectious disease can be a complicated process. Using a game approach, learners reenact the spread of the West Nile virus. They learn the need for the vector in transmitting the disease and how different organisms react...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Viral Hijackers
Students learn how viruses invade host cells and hijack the hosts' cell-reproduction mechanisms in order to make new viruses, which can in turn attack additional host cells. Students also learn how the immune system responds to a viral...
Stanford University
Stanford University: Bacterial Disease Research
Read about cutting-edge research on bacterial pathogens from the Stanford University. Then view movies showing how these pathogens invade their hosts. The introduction for the non-biologist is very helpful.