PUBH 531 - Principles of Infectious Disease

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Offered as needed. This course will introduce students to infectious agents important for public health, including the major viral, bacterial, fungal and parasitic agents in global and local health and disease for humans. Topics will include transmission of disease, host-pathogen interactions, mechanisms of disease, host immune response to pathogens, and available vaccines and drugs. Students will also be introduced to infectious disease ecology, including environmental aspects that affect disease transmission and patterns of disease.