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About The CourseWelcome to the CoursePlus Web site for CLINICAL AND EPIDEMIOLOGIC ASPECTS OF TROPICAL DISEASES (223.682.01), a course offered by the Department of International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Discusses major parasitic, viral, and bacterial diseases of developing countries. Presents clinical aspects of the disease, including diagnosis and treatment, and epidemiological aspects.
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Discuss the major infectious diseases that are prevalent and of public health importance in tropical and developing countries.
- the clinical presentations of many of the tropical diseases of public health importance, including their modes of transmission, geographic distribution, means of diagnosis and modes of treatment
- the resources available for gathering information on other tropical diseases not covered in the course
- the general recommendations for travelers visiting developing countries where transmission of tropical diseases is a risk
David Sack
E-mail: dsack@jhsph.edu
Margaret Kosek
E-mail: mkosek@jhsph.edu
R. Bradley Sack
E-mail: rsack@jhsph.edu
Kawsar Talaat
E-mail: ktalaat@jhsph.edu
Physicians, nurses, public health professionals, and others who are involved in public health programs.
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