MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS
Medicine Handbook 1996
Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
MPH2018
Infectious disease epidemiology
Dr T Ruff
3.5 hours per week over 7 weeks + Second semester
Synopsis Several major topics on infectious disease will be treated from
an epidemiological perspective. Areas include the surveillance of infectious
disease; sexually transmitted disease; infectious diseases in developing
countries; parasites; vectors; exotic diseases; viral diseases; prevention and
control of infectious disease; antibiotic policy; mathematical modelling of
infectious disease and of vaccine use in control.
Assessment Attendance + Participation in discussion + Presentation to
class
Prescribed texts
- Benenson A S Control of communicable disease in man 15th edn,
American Public Health Association, 1990
- Evans A S and Brachman P S (eds) Bacterial infections of humans:
Epidemiology and control 2nd edn, Plenum, 1990
- Evans A S and Brachman P S (eds) Viral infections of humans:
Epidemiology and control 3rd edn, Plenum, 1990
- Warren K S and Mahoud A A F (eds) Tropical and geographic medicine
2nd edn, McGraw-Hill, 1990
- World Health Organisation Global estimates for health situation
assessment and projections 1990 World Health Organisation, 1990
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