Course Description Prerequisites: P8406 recommended Examines the concept of emerging infectious diseases and our current understanding of emergence. Methods of identifying and studying emerging pathogens, factors responsible for disease emergence, and methods of surveillance and intervention, and impacts of emerging infections are discussed, using case studies and examples of pathogens as appropriate. are considered. As problems closely related to the natural examples of emerging infectious diseases, public health aspects of biowarfare and bioterrorism are also discussed. By the end of the course, the student should understand what constitutes an emerging infection, appreciate why and how infections emerge, understand what approaches are currently available to track, predict, and respond to emerging infections, recognize the strengths and limitations of current capabilities for surveillance and control, and be able to identify similarities and differences between natural outbreaks of disease and biowarfare/bioterrorism. Lectures, presentations by invited speakers, and discussions. Midterm and ?nal exam or paper. Papers (unit essays) and discussion. |
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