<p>Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 220 or consent of instructor. Emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) are infections that have recently appeared within population or those whose incidence or geographic range is rapidly increasing or threatens to increase in future. Overview of important emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases globally. Addresses factors associated with disease emergence/re-emergence, research methods, preparedness, disease surveillance, outbreak investigation, and response to EIDs with global perspective. Letter grading.</p>

Epidemiology

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Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health

Epidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of disease in human populations.

General Catalog

Emerging Infectious Diseases

EPIDEM 221

4 units