This course provides an overview of the important concepts fundamental to the understanding, design, and conduct of infectious disease outbreak investigations. The course will cover three aspects of outbreaks: 1. The epidemiology and pathophysiology of selected infectious diseases. 2. Methodological issues related to investigating an outbreak. 3. Practical aspects of outbreak investigations (including communicating risk to the public). The course will address common causes of outbreaks in this country (such as diarrheal/foodborne and respiratory diseases and outbreaks in hospitals). Issues pertinent to outbreak investigations in the developing world are also discussed. The course format consists of a series of lectures by faculty and guests, discussion sessions, hands-on experience with outbreak investigation data, and directed readings from the current literature. 2 cred.

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