Document Type
Other
Publication Date
Fall 2019
Catalog Description
This course is designed to provide students with an overview of the principles and practices of infectious diseases epidemiology with focus on how the presence and control of communicable diseases affects public health locally, nationally and internationally. Topics to be covered include: 1) general principles of infectious diseases epidemiology, including outbreak investigation, surveillance, analysis of infectious diseases data, and laboratory testing of specimens; 2) major modes of infectious disease transmission, including airborne, food and water, zoonotic, insect vector, blood, and sexual transmission; 3) different control strategies for infectious diseases, including infection control, antimicrobial management, immunization, risk factor modification, and screening; 4) the practical application of epidemiologic tools for the understanding and control of infectious diseases.
Recommended Citation
Fung, (Isaac) Chun Hai, "EPID 7135-A – Epidemiology of Infectious Disease" (2019). Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Syllabi. 387.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/coph-syllabi/387
