Zoonotic Diseases and Their Control

3 credits

Explores zoonotic diseases (zoonoses) and the role that animals play as reservoirs, hosts, and vectors, locally and globally. Students learn about vector-borne diseases of public health significance and general strategies for identification, surveillance, and control of bats, rodents, flies, roaches, bedbugs, mosquitoes, and ticks. Covers the role of environmental health professionals and potential career paths in the field of zoonotic disease. Offered: Sp.