Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Infectious Disease Epidemiology
What is Infectious Disease Epidemiology?
Introduces the first methods for infectious disease epidemiology and case studies of important illness syndromes and entities. Unit carry research on the epidemiology and control of infectious diseases of public health importance. Case-studies focus on acute respiratory infections, diarrheal diseases, hepatitis, HIV, tuberculosis, sexually heritable diseases, malaria, and other vector-borne diseases.
Methods involve definitions and nomenclature, outbreak investigations, disease surveillance, case-control studies, cohort studies, laboratory diagnosis, molecular epidemiology, dynamics of transmission, and assessment of vaccine field effectiveness.
Infectious Disease Epidemiology infectious diseases and pathogens, including
AIDS and HIV
SARS and pandemic influenza
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (e.g. BSE, Scrapie and vCJD)
Epidemic viral infections of livestock (e.g. FMD)
Parasitic helminth infections
Bioterrorism
Drug-resistant bacteria (e.g. MRSA) and parasites
Childhood viral and bacterial diseases
Emerging fungal infections
Looking for anything Else ? Try Our Search