Infectious Disease Dynamics
Many of the challenges of managing infectious disease are essentially ecological and evolutionary problems. Disease follows the rules of species interactions as it spreads through host populations while resistance to antibiotics occurs through the rules of evolutionary biology. The key aim of the module is to teach ecological and evolutionary principles in the light of infectious diseases affecting human populations and societies as well as agriculture and wildlife. This is applied ecology and applied evolution writ large.
Topics
- - Understanding the role of infectious disease in natural populations and communities - Understand the role of disease in shaping human agriculture and societies - Describe how infectious disease may be important in conservation - Discuss when parasite virulence makes sense in the light of evolution - Explain how to apply ecological and evolutionary principles to the treatment and control of infectious - Present a scientific poster on the evidence for coevolution between a pair of species.
Official catalogue course objectives and student learning outcomes
Prerequisites & course information
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Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027