Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases

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Overall, the emphasis of this course will be on the core epidemiologic concepts of infectious diseases. Epidemiology is the study of how health and diseases are distributed in populations and the factors that influence or determine this distribution. Infectious disease epidemiology monitors the occurrence of diseases and develops strategies for preventing and controlling disease. In addition to understanding basic epidemiological methods, the course will provide an introduction to infectious disease epidemiology. It will focus on tools and epidemiological methods used for identifying, preventing and controlling infectious disease problems and present a review of epidemiology of many major infectious diseases. The lectures and discussions are designed to provide theoretical and practical framework and principles of infectious disease epidemiology to prepare students majoring in biology, pathobiology, animal science, food science, molecular biology and human nutrition to face the infectious diseases challenge in real world.