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2011/2 Provisional Module Catalogue - UNDER CONSTRUCTION & SUBJECT TO CHANGE
 Module Code: BMS3073 Module Title: EPIDEMIOLOGY, CONTROL AND TREATMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Module Provider: Biosciences Short Name: BMS3073
Level: HE3 Module Co-ordinator: COTTELL A Dr (Biosciences)
Number of credits: 15 Number of ECTS credits: 7.5
 
Module Availability
Assessment Pattern

Coursework  -  20%

 

Examination  -  80%
Module Overview
Prerequisites/Co-requisites
Module Aims

To enable students to gain a critical understanding of the principles underlying the methods available for the control of infectious disease
Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this module you should be able to:-

  • Discuss the nature of the cycle of infection, and the factors that influence the spread of an epidemic, and use this information to analyse the control points for selected infectious diseases
  • Discuss the development and evaluation of new vaccines
  • Discuss the epidemiological methods for the detection, analysis and control of outbreaks of infection and epidemics, and analyse simple epidemiological data
  • Discuss the methods available for typing microorganisms and their application to epidemiological investigation
  • Understand the major routes for virus transmission and spread both within and between individuals
  • Have an understanding of virus emergence and influence of human behaviour on this process
  • Understand the mode of action of the main families of antibacterial, antifungal and antivirals agents
Module Content

Lecture No:

 

Lecturer

 

Topic

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

AC

 

Introduction. Cycle of infection; routes f spread. Control points

 

2

 

AC

 

Epidemics and disease patterns

 

3

 

AC

 

Mathematical modelling of epidemics

 

4

 

AC

 

Epidemiological methods; John Snow

 

5

 

AC

 

Bias and confounding factors

 

6

 

AC

 

Descriptive studies: Mortality statistics; SMR. Morbidity statistics

 

7

 

AC

 

Analytical studies: Cohort and case control studies

 

8

 

AC

 

Analysis of epidemiological data

 

9

 

AC

 

Case study: Outbreak control

 

10

 

AC

 

Reservoir of infection; Zoonoses

 

11

 

?

 

Vaccine evaluation; design of trials, analysis of data

 

12

 

LOR

 

Review of types of vaccines

 

13

 

LOR

 

New vaccine concepts:recombinant products (subunit vaccines); live recombinant vaccine

 

14

 

LOR

 

New vaccine concepts:DNA vaccine, synthetic peptides

 

15

 

JMcF

 

Molecular diagnosis

 

16-17

 

JMcF

 

Methods for typing microorganisms

 

18

 

AC

 

Introduction to antibiotics

 

19-20

 

AC

 

General antibiotics and antifungals

 

21

 

NL

 

Protein synthesis inhibitor antibiotics

 

22

 

NL

 

Spread of viruses and epidemiological aspects

 

23

 

NL

 

New and emerging viral infections

 

24-25

 

NL

 

Emergence of new influenza strains: epidemic vs pandemic

 

26-27

 

NL

 

Antiviral chemotherapy, HIV and HCV

 

28-29

 

NL

 

Antiviral chemotherapy, Influenza and other viruses

 

30

 

AC

 

Overview of control strategies

 
Methods of Teaching/Learning
Lectures
Selected Texts/Journals

Recommended book:

 

Collier, L. and Oxford , J S.  "Human Virology" (2000) Publisher, Oxford University Press. ISBN 0192628208

 
Last Updated
19 April 2011