Use the textbook as a reference to research one important bacterial pathogen that infects the system that you were assigned. All of your responses to the following questions should be based on the same bacterial pathogen.

Your overall responses should be approximately 500 to 600 words (2 pages) in length.

What is the scientific name of the bacterium and what is the name of the disease it causes?

What are the symptoms of the disease? Can this disease lead to death?
What specific tissues or organs can this bacterium replicate within the human body?
How many cases of diseases caused by your organism occur each year globally? In the United States?
Is the bacteria able to move to other body systems in the body, becoming a systemic infection? If yes, what other symptoms will it cause? If not, hypothesize why this organism is not able to travel to other parts of the body.
Are there any specific virulence factors that your bacterium produces to help it cause disease in a human host?
What things can be done to prevent infection with your pathogen?
How is this infection treated? Are there specific medications that are used?
Using either the textbook or outside sources, describe one additional thing that you learned about this pathogen that you found interesting. [MO 2.1]