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Course Listing: MECHANISMS OF HUMAN DISEASEFall Term 2004-05, Bloomington |
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MSCI-M 570 MECHANISMS OF HUMAN DISEASE (3 CR)
25464 PERM 02:30P-03:45P TR JH 001 Braun M 30 24 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.
ABOVE SECTION OPEN TO GRADUATE STUDENTS ONLY. OBTAIN ON-LINE
AUTH FROM DEPARTMENT.
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