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BIOL217
- Ecology of Infectious Disease/Seminar
Explores the relationship between infectious disease agents and their hosts and how that interaction can effect changes in the abundance of host and pathogen populations. Factors that contribute to the occurrence and persistence of epidemics, the evolution of virulence and transmission and strategies for controlling epidemics will be considered using theoretical approaches and case studies of diseases affecting humans and other hosts. A wide spectrum of human diseases will be considered, including human pathogens of recent concern (examples include HIV, Lyme Disease, West Nile Virus) and of historic and continuing importance (e.g., schistosomiasis, bubonic plague, malaria, smallpox, yellow fever). Prerequisites: BIOL 216 or BIOL 220, or by permission.
Mr. Livdahl/Offered periodically.
Faculty
Todd Livdahl, Ph.D. - Professor of Biology
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BIOL315
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