Vector-Borne Diseases: Public Health Perspectives

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Offered autumn. Restricted to students with at least junior standing. An exploration of major vector-borne diseases including Lyme disease, malaria, dengue fever, yellow fever, Zika, etc. Lectures will cover disease history, biology and transmission dynamics, geographic and demographic trends, intervention strategies, and relationships to climate change. Students will be encouraged to bring perspectives from any major field of study to discussions of the public health challenges of vector-borne diseases in the 21st century.