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Sunday, January 20, 2008
MSCI-M 570 MECHANISMS OF HUMAN DISEASE (3 CR)
20974 02:30P-03:45P TR JH 001 Braun M 10 6 0
TOPIC : THIS COURSE WILL EXAMINE THE EPIDEMIOLOGY, MECHANISMS
OR INJURY AND SOCIAL IMPACT OF SELECTED INFECTIOUS DISEASES
INTRODUCED BY EUROPEANS AND AFRICANS INTO NEW WORLD NATIVE
POPULATIONS. WE WILL CONSIDER THE GENETIC DIVERSITY OF NEW
WORLD NATIVE AMERICANS AT THE TIME OF EUROPEAN CONTACT AND
INVESTIGATE THE EMERGENCE AND EVOLUTION OF SELECTED
INFECTIOUS DISEASES SUCH AS MEASLES, SMALLPOX, INFLUENZA,
TUBERCULOSIS AND SYPHILIS. WE WILL INVESTIGATE SELECTED NEW
WORLD EPIDEMICS USING HISTORIC DOCUMENTS, ARCHEOLOGICAL AND
ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOURCES.
ABOVE CLASS OPEN TO GRADUATES ONLY
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