UM SPH Academic Courses

EPID703 Topics in Infectious Diseases

Summer term(s)

1 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Staff

Prerequisites: Perm. Instr., Introductory epidemiology and microbiology.

Description: This course will focus on current topics and new concepts in infectious disease epidemiology. We will discuss factors and issues of diseases most currently prevalent in the world, their status, epidemiology, and methods of control and prevention and barriers to their successful applications. The diseases to be discussed include but are not limited to: diarrheal diseases, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, vaccine preventable diseases, avian influenza, emerging infections, West Nile virus, hemorrhagic fevers, zoonoses such as ehrlichiosis and variant Creuzfeldt-Jacob disease, hospital infections including multiple resistant staphylococcus and antibiotic resistance of other organisms. The class format will include lectures, discussions, and critical review of assigned reading material. Prerequisite: Basic knowledge of epidemiology and microbiology.

This is a Graduate Summer Session in Epidemiology course.

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