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EPIDEMIOLOGY
cod. 03943

Academic year 2008/09
1° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Malattie infettive degli animali domestici (VET/05)
Field
Biologia veterinaria
Type of training activity
Characterising
16 hours
of face-to-face activities
2 credits
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Integrated course unit module: MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY

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Learning objectives

Become acquainted with the basic tools for conducting epidemiological analyses and acquire the capacity to process statistically significant data.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

<p>Epidemiology</p>
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<div>Epidemiology past and present; </div>
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<div>Definition of epidemiology: concepts and principles; </div>
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<div>Main measures of disease frequency: incidence, prevalence and other rates; </div>
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<div>Risk Assessment; </div>
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<div>Specificity, sensitivity, predictive value of a diagnostic test; </div>
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<div>Henle-Koch’s and Evans’ Postulates; </div>
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<div>Demonstration of causality; </div>
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<div>Transmission and maintenance of infection; </div>
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<div>Patterns of disease; </div>
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<div>Modelling; Sampling; </div>
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<div>Observational, experimental, prospective and retrospective studies; </div>
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<div>Control and eradication of disease; </div>
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<div>Epidemic curves; </div>
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<div>Risk assessment and risk management. </div>
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Full programme

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Bibliography

<p><br />
<br />
Elementi di metodologia epidemiologica Signorelli C., Societa editrice universo <br />
Igiene e medicina preventiva Barbuti et al., Monduzzi Editore <br />
Epidemiology kept simple Gerstman B., Wiley-Liss </p>
<p>Epidemiologia e valutazione degli interventi sanitari. Francesco Attena. PICCIN <br />
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Teaching methods

The course consists of 17 hours of lectures combined with 7 hours of practical activities carried out at the Faculty’s computer science lab.

Assessment methods and criteria

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Other information

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