Emerging Infectious Diseases is a journal of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. You will find it at https://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/index.htm (Links to an external site.).

I choose Volume 21, Number 4—April 2015
West Nile Virus Infection Incidence Based on Donated Blood Samples and Neuroinvasive Disease Reports, Northern Texas, USA, 2012
Write a critical review addressing the following information:
•List your article in the format of an APA-style reference
•Provide a summary of the article
•Describe the methods used to collect and analyze data
•What were the findings / conclusions of the study?
•What are your own conclusions of the article? Provide a critical review of your article addressing the following: ◦What do you consider to be the strengths and weaknesses of the methods used to collect and analyze the data?
◦What is your impression of the findings / conclusion?
◦What do you feel is missing from the article?
◦What do you feel could have been done to enhance the study?
◦What else?

Part of the challenge for this assignment is to be concise, so try to provide adequate information with as few pages as possible while adhering to APA writing guidelines (your finished product should be somewhere between 3)
Content

Include:
-Reference
-Summary of the article
-Description of methods
-Findings / Conclusion of the article
-Student’s critical review of the article

Organization/Development

-The summary provides sufficient background
on the article and previews major points.
-The description of the findings/conclusion is
logical, flows, and reviews the major points.
-The review of the article reflects critical
thought.

Mechanics
-The paper is consistent with APA formatting
guidelines and meets course-level requirements.
-Intellectual property is recognized with in-text citations and appropriate reference(s).
-The paper is laid out with effective use of
headings, font styles, and white space.
-Rules of grammar, usage, and punctuation are
followed; spelling is correct.