Course: Epidemics - the Dynamics of Infectious Diseases
Modules:
Course Overview, Course Syllabus, Glossary of Terms
What is an Epidemic?, Micro and Macro Parasites, Infection and Disease, Transmission Types, Reproductive Number, Epidemic Curve, Micro-organisms
Types of Immunity: Innate Immune System, Types of Immunity: Adaptive Immune System, Immune Evasion, Other Determinants of Susceptibility, Social Influences on Immunity, Pathogens and Disease, Detecting an Infectious Disease Outbreak
Pathogens and Host Extinction, Force of Infection, Cycles, Seasonality, Flu 1918, Host Diversity, Host Range, Critical Community Size, Pathogen-Microbiome Interactions, The 2014 Ebola Outbreak
Roots of Epidemiology, Social Networks, Structure of Networks, Superspreaders, Spatial Hetergeneity, Movement and Modern Transportation, Surveillance and Disclosure, Co-Infection Consequences
Introduction to Control, Discovery of the First Vaccine, Global Impact of Vaccination, How Vaccination Works, Herd Immunity, Social Networks and Targeted Vaccination, Vaccination Refusal
Eradication and Elimination, Social Challenges to Eradication, Non-pharmaceutical Interventions: Animals, Non-pharmaceutical Interventions: Humans 1, Non-pharmaceutical Interventions: Humans 2, Behavioral Avoidance, Controlling the Vector, Consequences of Control, Vaccination Ethics, New Approaches to an Old Infection
Disease Emergence, Re-emergence, Evolution General, Antibiotic and Drug Resistance, Management of Resistance, Behavioral And Economic Impact, Evolution of Virulence
SARS - A Modern Epidemic, Disease Surveillance - Classical, Disease Surveillance - Digital, Culture and Health, Emerging Disease Issues, Crop Diseases and Food Security, Global Pattern of Parasite Biodiversity, Models of Infectious Diseases, Zombies
Introductions, What Does It Mean to Be Infectious?, What is the Impact of Prior Infections on Susceptibility to New Pathogens?, What Ended the Plague? What Can We Learn About Pandemics?, Can Behavior Contribute to Susceptibility?, Marilyn Roosinck and What’s Different about Plant Epidemiology?, Can Plants be Vectors of Disease?, What are Other Determinants of Susceptibility?, Can Pathogens Change Host Function?, Immune System Conflict, Eric Harvill and What is the Whole Micro-Biome, Pro-Biotic, Good Bacteria Thing?, Why Can't Our Antibodies Mutate Like Antigens?, How Does Microbiome Exchange Therapy Work?, What are the Best Strategies to Combat Multi-Species Infections?, How Relevant is the Concept of Critical Community Size?, Isabella Catadori and the Translation of Her Lab Work into the Field, Examples of Co-Infections and How They Change Epidemiology of Human Infections, Super-Shedders v. Super Spreaders and the Pareto Principle, The Role of Social Media in Epidemiology and how Information is Disseminated, Dr. Vivek Kapur and What Do We Need to Know about Development and Implementation of New Vaccines?, Why Don't We Have Vaccines for Everything?, Why Don't We Use Targeted Vaccinations?, What Are the Benefits of So-Called Gain-of-Function Experiments?, Dr. Moriah Szpara and How/Why do viruses like Varicella and Herpes Re-activate Themselves?, What are the Challenges to the Eradication of Pathogens and Setting Eradication as a Goal?, How Does Stress Affect Susceptibility and the Expression of Disease?, Has there been a Collective Change in Human Behavior in Response to Sexually Transmitted Diseases?, What can we do to minimize selection for resistance in vectors?, Genetic engineering of vectors? pt.1, Genetic engineering of vectors? pt.2, What is the role of climate change in disease emergence?, What can we learn from antibiotic and vaccine use in agriculture?, Dr. Craig Cameron and What do We Mean by 'Antivirals?', What is it About Polio?, What About the One Health Concept?, What is the Next Big Thing?