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PracticesBIOL 235 – Disease and the Developing World

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Strategies

• Using a source for background information• In the last 10 years there has been a

rapid increase in research interest in tuberculosis (Davies, 2007).

• Using a source as an example• Despite being the most widely used

vaccine globally, several controlled trials have shown a wide variation in efficacy from 80% (Smith, 2008) to zero (Jones, 1999).

Strategies

• Criticizing or analyzing a source• Although Wong (2005) recommended

use of the drug CureMe-Ophan, her studies were financed by the company that manufactures the drug and her findings have not been replicated (see Miller, 2007 and Ito, 2008)

• Comparing two sources• Moore (1993) and Ortiz (1999) both

tried to resolve a similar health crisis, but Ortiz’s plan was more effective and less expensive.

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