INFECTIOUS DISEASE EPIDEMIOLOGY.

Catalog description

From Ebola to COVID-19, tuberculosis to hepatitis A--every outbreak has a team of behind-the-scenes disease detectives tracking its source and pathways. Students will learn the methods of infectious disease epidemiology, studying outbreak investigations, disease surveillance, study designs, laboratory diagnosis, and dynamics of transmission. Students must have completed KINE 5372 Introduction to Epidemiology to enroll in this course. Prerequisite: Prior or concurrent enrollment in KINE 5372 .