PMO 569 Malaria Epidemiology and Control
This course covers the epidemiology, prevention and control of malaria parasites that are biologically transmitted by anopheline mosquitoes. At the end of the course, students should have an extensive understanding of how malaria parasites may cause outbreaks of human disease in urban and/or rural environments, how to assess risk of exposure to these parasites, and how to prevent and/or treat malaria. Lectures and discussions will cover such topics as the history of malaria, the biology of the anopheline vectors and of the malaria parasite, the clinical course and pathology of malaria, current chemotherapy and chemoprophylactic regimens for malaria, immunological aspects of malaria and the prospect of vaccines against malaria, the epidemiology of malaria, and the strategies for the prevention and control of malaria. In the laboratory, the student will learn how to identify malaria parasites and vectors, to diagnose human malaria using various techniques, to grow the malaria parasites and vectors in the laboratory, to conduct malaria surveys, and to control the anopheline vectors. Graded; or Pass/Fail in limited circumstances with instructor permission.
Prerequisite
Concurrence of Course Director