This course provides the foundations of the microbial basis of infection and the sciences of disease. It explores the sciences relative to pathology of the human body, the mechanisms involved in the breakdown of homeostasis due to infection, and their manifestation as communicable disease. The epidemiology of classic and contemporary infectious diseases in national and international populations, including surveillance and systems for their control and prevention, are also considered.<br/>Incompatible: 8850NRS Microbiology in Infection Control -- Course Website