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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Biological Sciences : Evolutionary Biology

Undergraduate Course: Evolutionary Medicine of Infectious Disease (EVBI10007)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Biological Sciences CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryThe overarching theme of this course would be to examine how evolution can directly pose a threat to human and animal health. In particular we would address infectious diseases where the agent is evolving sufficiently rapidly that we can observe evolution in action over timescales short enough to have direct public health consequences through changes in virulence, drug resistance, infectiousness, pathology or epidemiology.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites It is RECOMMENDED that students have passed Evolution in Action 2 (BILG08005)
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs No
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
Detailed learning outcomes will be provided later.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Keywordsebemid
Contacts
Course organiserProf Andrew Rambaut
Tel: (0131 6)50 8624
Email: a.rambaut@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Rachel Law
Tel: (0131 6)51 3689
Email: Rachel.Law@ed.ac.uk
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