Emerging Diseases

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Class Hours: 3 Lab/Discussion: 0 Credits: 3 Description: Provides an understanding of the biological basis of infectious diseases and the social, historical and ethical consequences of these types of afflictions. Covers background material such as the germ theory of disease and the cell theory at an introductory level. Includes specific cases of emerging or reemerging infectious diseases with emphasis on current events relating to disease outbreaks.