Outbreak Epidemiology: Re-emerging and Emerging Infectious Diseases

Catalog description

Over the last 20 years, we have witnessed a number of local as well as large-scale, multi-state and multi-country disease outbreaks and pandemics of re-emerging and emerging diseases – including measles, H1N1, Zika, Ebola, SARS, MERS, and currently SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19). In light of the emergence and re-emergence of these infectious disease outbreaks, the overall objective of this course is to introduce students to the essential elements of outbreak investigations in both local, national and global settings. The course covers three broad content areas that include understanding and detecting infectious diseases, investigating outbreaks, and communication and prevention of future outbreaks.