Course Listing: MECHANISMS OF HUMAN DISEASEFall 2008, Bloomington |
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MSCI-M 570 MECHANISMS OF HUMAN DISEASE (3 CR) 13379 02:30P-03:45P TR JH 001 Braun M 10 4 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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