VETMI 6111 - Principles of Infectious Disease for Public Health

Fall. 2 credits. Letter grades only.

Prerequisite: undergraduate biology and chemistry suggested. Enrollment limited to: MPH students; and Graduate students by permission of instructor.

G. Whittaker, Staff.

This lecture-based course will cover the infectious agents important for public health, including the major viral, bacterial and parasitic agents in health and disease for humans, and involved in zoonosis from animals. The focus will be on the biology of the agent in the context of its transmission and possible countermeasures.