Readings

CDC. Principles of Epidemiology in Public Health Practice (3rd ed.): an Introduction to Applied Epidemiology and Biostatistics. May 2012
- Lesson One: Introduction to Epidemiology (pages 1-21 to 1-30)

Videos to Watch

Watch the videos below explaining the concepts of data and community assessment.

Medical Mystery Solved with Help of "House"

Watch the video clip showing how the TV series House MD helped a real-life MD in Germany to solve a medical mystery.

Comment: Sometimes outbreaks involve a pathogen that produce predictable symptoms and can be easily diagnosed by laboratory tests, such as illnesses caused by E. coli. Other times, new pathogens emerge with symptoms that do not fit current known diseases, such as when the AIDS outbreak started. Figuring out what is causing the symptoms can sometimes be difficult. In the TV series, House MD, Dr. Gregory House is famous for solving difficult medical mysteries.

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