Course Listing: MECHANISM OF HUMAN DISEASEFall 2008, Bloomington |
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MSCI-M 470 MECHANISM OF HUMAN DISEASE (3 CR) 13378 RSTR 02:30P-03:45P TR JH 001 Braun M 10 8 0 TOPIC : THIS COURSE WILL EXAMINE THE EPIDEMIOLOGY, MECHANISMS OF 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. M 470 : P - MOLECULAR BIOL-L 211 OR EQUIVALENT; RECOMMENDED - GENETICS BIOL-L 311 ABOVE CLASS OPEN TO JUNIORS AND ABOVE OR CONSENT OF INSTRUCTOR
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