Download Jan 24 History of Infectious Disease Epidemiology

Infectious Disease Epidemiologic Methods
-required for all Epi majorsSPRING 2002
5 weeks (Jan 24 – Feb 21) 1 credit
Thursday evenings 5:30-8:30pm
Faculty: Maureen Miller, Crystal Fuller, Ezra Susser
Requirements:
Principles of Epidemiology (P6400)
Introduction to Biostatistical Methods (P6104)
Purpose:
The purpose of the class is to introduce infectious disease epidemiology history and some of the
methods currently used in the conduct of infectious disease epidemiologic studies.
Organization:
The course will be a series of four lectures followed by a guided discussion of the topics
presented. The four lectures will consist of a historical review of infectious disease
epidemiology, and basic methodological and analytical approaches to the study of infectious
disease risk. The final week of the course will be a final exam.
Grading:
100% of the grade will be based on the final exam.
Jan 24 History of Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Ezra Susser
Hamlin C, Sheard S. Revolutions in public health: 1848, and 1998? BMJ 1998;317:587-591.
Susser E, Bresnahan M. Origins of Epidemiology. (in press)
UNAIDS. Report on the global HIV/AIDS epidemic. June 2000.
Susser M. Causal thinking in the health sciences: concepts and strategies of epidemiology.
Oxford University Press;New York, NY 1993. Chapters 2 and 3.
Jan 31 Introduction to modeling infectious disease risk
David Vlahov
Sartwell PE. The incubation period and the dynamics of infectious disease. Am J Epidemiol
1966 Mar;83(2):204-6
Armenian HK. Incubation periods of cancer: old and new. J Chronic Dis 1987;40 Suppl 2:9S15S.
Munoz A, Sabin CA, Phillips AN. The incubation period of AIDS. AIDS 1997;11 Suppl A:S69-76
Vlahov D. The ALIVE Study: HIV seroconversion and progression to AIDS among intravenous
drug users in Baltimore. HIV Epidemiology: Models and Methods. Raven Press, Ltd. New York,
NY 1994
Feb 7 Multiple levels of infectious disease transmission risk: Environment, social
network, and individual risk
Maureen Miller
Day S, Ward H, Ison C, Bell G, & Weber J. (1998). Sexual networks: the integration of social
and genetic data. Social Science & Medicine, 47(12), 1981-1992.
Klovdahl AS, Graviss EA, Yaganehdoost A, Ross MC, Wanger A, Adams GJ, & Musser JM.
(2001). Networks and tuberculosis: an undetected community outbreak involving public places.
Social Science & Medicine, 52, 681-694.
Miller M, & Neaigus A. (2001). Networks, resources and risk among women who use drugs.
Social Science & Medicine, 52, 967-978.
Rhodes T, Stimson GV, Crofts N, Ball A, Dehne K, & Khodakevich L. (1999). Drug injecting,
rapid HIV spread, and the 'risk environment': implications for assessment and response. AIDS,
13(suppl A), S259-S269.
Susser M, & Susser E. (1996). Choosing a future for epidemiology II. From black box to chinese
boxes and eco-epidemiology. American Journal of Public Health, 86(5), 674-677.
Feb 14 Recruitment and sampling methods in community-based infectious disease
research
Crystal Fuller
Metzger DS, Woody GE, McLellan AT, et al. Human Immunodeficiency virus seroconversion
among intravenous drug users in- and out-of-treatment: An 18-month prospective follow-up. J
AIDS 1993;6:1049-56.
Alcabes P, Vlahov D, Anthony JC. Correlates of human immunodeficiency virus infection in
intravenous drug users: are treatment program samples misleading? Brit J Addict 1992;87:4754.
Master TD, Kitayaporn D, Weniger BG et al. Estimating the number of HIV-infected injection
drug users in Bangkok: A capture-recapture method. Am J Public Health 1994; 84:1094-1099.
Watters JK, Biernacki P. Targeted sampling: Options for the study of hidden populations. Social
Problems 1989; 36: 416-430.
Feb 21 In-class Exam