At the end of this course, the student is able
- To understand the basic concepts in infectious disease epidemiology. R0, epidemic growth rate, generation time, SIR-model, transmission coefficient and infectious period.
- To be able to analyze infectious disease data
Estimation of R0, epidemic growth rate, infectious period from field (sero) prevalence data,
Transmission experiments,
- To unsterstand the basic concepts of infectious disease risk mapping
- To know how to perform both qualitative and quantitative risk assessments,
- To design an animal health surveillance scheme
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Period (from-till): This course is taught several times per year, during fulltime weekdays according to the following Schedule (Face-2-Face in Period A, Online in Period B):
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Startdate |
Enddate |
Registration period |
| Face-2-Face |
02-04-2024 |
19-04-2024 |
BMS_P3_A |
| Online* |
29-04-2024 |
07-06-2024 |
BMS_P4_B |
*Online courses are only available for Epidemiology students following a full online programme.
Contact details: Educational Office Epidemiology
E-mail: msc-epidemiology@umcutrecht.nl
Registration:
Single courses — MSc Epidemiology (msc-epidemiology.nl)
Course coordinator:
Egil Fischer
Course description:
Infectious diseases are an important cause of disease burden in animals, as well as humans. Infectious animal disease epidemiology is important in both a veterinary.
You will learn techniques and theory of veterinary epidemiology of animal infectious diseases, including mathematical modelling, design and analysis of infectious disease animal transmission experiments, infectious disease risk mapping, risk assessment and disease surveilllance.
Literature/study material used:
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Mandatory for students in own Master’s programme:
MIght be for a specialization programme of Epidemiology & Epidemiology Postgraduate
Optional for students in other GSLS Master’s programme:
Yes
Prerequisite knowledge:
Introduction to Epidemiology
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