BA 625 Assignment 1-4

              Journal Article Reviews Instructions

For this assignment, you will review and analyze 1 recent journal article (published within the last 5 years) from a peer-reviewed publication (e.g. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Emerging Infectious Diseases, and The Journal of Infectious Diseases) about a disease or topic found in the readings. You must evaluate the chosen paper against at least 4 other peer-reviewed sources.Write anot less than 4 pages each not counting Title and Reference pages.

I will be checking the documents thru SafeAssign, so turn-in original work, do not copy and paste. If you do (YOU WILL GIVE YOU “0” AND DISMISS YOU FROM CLASS).

For each review, you will select an article about a topic from the required readings between each review assignment submission. You will then compose a 4 page paper, not including the cover page and references, on your topic of choice. You should, therefore, choose articles related to current epidemiologic trends for infectious diseases and/or the impact of the diseases and of the control measures on global populations. Special attention should be devoted to understanding the role of infectious agents as causes of morbidity and mortality in the context of economically developing nations.

Be sure to include the following elements:

·         A clearly documented reference to best practices or standard of care

·         Reported findings are completely and fairly assessed and critiqued

·         A summary of the principal contents of the article under review

·         Adequate information to understand the central themes and recommendations

·         Paper, references, and citations all consistently follow current AMA formatting

Write 4 different papers of not less than 4 pages each not counting Title and Reference pages. See subjects below.

Paper 1) “Cholera”

Paper 2) “Chlamydial Infections”

Paper 3) “Rabies”

Paper 4) “Epstein-Barr Virus”