Pretend you are planning a major trip with your family to visit one of the National Parks in the United States or one of its territories. Identify an esoteric public health disease that people may not be familiar with such as Bubonic Plague from prairie dogs, Hantavirus from a mouse in the Four Corners region, the bite of a Hobo spider at Yellowstone, waterborne Shigellosis from beavers in the Pacific Northwest, a sting from "fire coral" while swimming off the island of Culebra (Puerto Rico) or mosquito-borne encephalitis such as Eastern Equine Encephalitis in New Jersey at Cattus Island Park in October.

Research the available scientific literature and post or attach a paper of no less than 1200 words including the natural history, epidemiology, pathophysiology, treatment, and public health considerations (i.e. prevention) of the disease.


Here is a suggested list of diseases:

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Relapsing Fever, Colorado Tick Fever, Ehrlichiosis, Babesiosis, Tularemia, Q Fever, Western Equine Encephalitis (WEE), St. Louis Encephalitis (SLE), Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE), California Encephalitis (CE), La Crosse Encephalitis, Powassan Encephalitis, and Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis (VEE), Bubonic Plague, Ancylostomiasis (hookworm infections), Giardiasis, Cryptosporidiosis, Entamoeba histolytica infection, Ascariasis, Trichuriasis, Shigellosis, Salmonellosis, Pontiac Fever, Norwalk-like Viral Gastroenteritis, E. coli O157:H7 Gastroenteritis, Naegleria and Amebic Meningoencephalitis, Chronic Wasting Disease,

Use Meningoencephalitis and write about the disease in the given context.