PREV 749 INFECTIOUS DISEASE EPIDEMIOLOGY - A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
This course is taught through lectures and discussions of case examples, including outbreak investigations, and assigned readings. Following an introduction to basic principles of infectious disease epidemiology, the topics will be covered according to mechanisms of transmission: contact and air-, vehicle- and vector-borne. Sessions will cover nosocomial infections and hospital infection control, and vaccines to prevent infectious diseases. Discussions also will address problems based on outbreak investigations. The students will prepare a presentation and a report on an infectious disease, and will take a short written exam and progressive review of an unknown infectious disease outbreak. The students are encouraged to attend other conferences and seminars with infectious disease epidemiology topics during the semester. Prerequisite: A basic knowledge of medical microbiology