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PBH 212 How Pub Hlth Takes on Inf Dis

This course looks at the Public Health identification and responses to Infectious Disease across history and still today. Infrastructure, sanitation, hygiene, quarantine, and public policies are examined for their dramatic decrease in the spread of infectious disease prior to germ theory. Antibiotics, antivirals, and vaccines role in the possible eradication of disease are also considered.

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3