EPDC 606 DISEASE OUTBREAK INVESTIGATION AND RESPONSE

The course introduces students to the concept of disease and public health surveillance and explains the relationship between surveillance and disease outbreaks. The role of the laboratory in outbreak investigation is also emphasized. Students are also taught how to write outbreak response reports. Topics to be covered include Introduction to Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response, Introduction to public health surveillance, principles of outbreak investigation; investigating an outbreak; developing case definition; line listing; descriptive data analysis in relation to person, place and time; the role of the laboratory in outbreak investigation.