This course covers the basic principles, concepts, methods and issues central to the epidemiology of infections disease and demonstrates their applicability in the field of public health. It will focus on the natural history of infectious diseases as well as disease aetiology epidemiologic surveillance, the transmission of infections and the interactions of infections agents, their host and their environment.
The course will also introduce the elements of study design and will discuss the application of epidemiologic methods and epidemiologic measurements in analysing disease outbreaks, investigating infectious diseases and assessing risk in epidemiologic studies.