My given topic for the paper is Prevalence of Plasmodium Falciparum in Nigeria. The instructions are attached. This is my final paper, it has to be written properly and plagiarism free.

Rubric for Grading Research papers in Microbiology & Immunology (Diseases and Infectious agents)

Max Points	Sections	Poor	Marginally adequate	Adequate	Good	Excellent
	Title: Paper has title, author’s name and course. Title describes content concisely, adequately & appropriately	No title or authors	Title or author missing	Title is too long of misrepresented	Title and authors given but format is flawed	Perfect. No errors
10	Description of infectious agent or disease: Characteristics such as size, shape, Gram reaction, growth characteristics of microbes, etc . For diseases, features of disease are adequately described.	Very Poorly described	Some description but not indicative of disease	Average. Nothing spectacular than in google	Fair. Few errors but most points are included	No errors. Excellent description
20	Significance: Data on numbers of people affected each year including deaths; Examples of outbreaks or epidemics; complications of infections; losses due to infection or disease including hospitalization costs, lawsuits, recalls and other losses.	Very little information provided	Some data provided; nothing current	Data are given but not interpreted or not current	Most data are provided and some interpretation of significance	Excellent data provided. Current and adequately interpreted
10	Symptoms: Incubation period, typical symptoms after infection; symptoms during complications.	No real facts	Important facts lost	Average	Most facts are given	All facts are shown
15	Pathogenesis: What mechanisms enable the organism to cause disease? Example: invasiveness, toxin production, etc	Not discussed or wrong facts	Missing many facts	Some facts are still missing	Most of the mechanisms are provided	Excellent factual presentation
10	Laboratory diagnosis: Samples required; Media for cultivation of samples; Other tests for identification including serology and biochemical tests.	Not discussed or wrong facts	Some useful facts are given	Some important facts missing	Only few facts are missing	All diagnostic issues are discussed
10	Treatment: Antibiotics used for treatment; other strategies including rehydration, treatment of complications, etc.	Omitted or wrong facts	Few useful facts provided	Many useful facts are still missing	Few missing information	All facts on treatment provided
10	Prevention: Hygiene and aseptic techniques; quarantine, contact tracing, vaccination, prophylaxis, etc.	Omitted or wrong facts	Few useful facts provided	Many useful facts are still missing	Few missing information	All facts on prevention provided
10	References: References follow Vancouver style; current; cited in text; Journal articles included.	No ref. or style not followed	Few ref. Inadequate ref.	Average Citation or style issues	Almost all ref. issues are resolved	Perfect referencing
100	Total points