Course ID: | EPID 8500. 3 hours. |
Course Title: | Infectious Disease Epidemiology |
Course Description: | Introduction to infectious disease epidemiology, the branch of
epidemiology that investigates epidemics, studies transmission
dynamics of infectious diseases, and evaluates control measures
for infectious diseases. This course draws on the disciplines
of microbiology, immunology, entomology, mathematics, and
clinical medicine. |
Oasis Title: | INFECTIOUS DISEASE |
Prerequisite: | EPID 7010 |
Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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Course Objectives: | The learning objectives for the course are to:
• Understand the importance of infectious disease epidemiology
in the world today;
• Learn the principles of infectious diseases including host
immune response and the basics of microbiology;
• Gain and in-depth understanding of tuberculosis and HIV
infections;
• Understand the development of vaccines;
• Understand how epidemiologic methods are applied to the study
of infectious diseases. |
Topical Outline: | • Introduction to Infectious Disease Epidemiology;
• Natural history, genetics, drug resistance, transmission,
diagnosis, treatment, and control of tuberculosis;
• Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS including natural history, genetics,
transmission, policy, treatment and control;
• HIV-Tuberculosis interaction;
• Introduction to vaccines, vaccine development and vaccine
clinical trials;
• BCG Meta analysis;
• Hepatitis Vaccines. |