340.744.81
Advanced Topics on Control and Prevention of HIV/AIDS
Location
Internet
Term
3rd Term
Department
Epidemiology
Credit(s)
4
Academic Year
2017 - 2018
Instruction Method
TBD
Auditors Allowed
Yes, with instructor consent
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Resources
Prerequisite
Introduction to Online Learning
Focuses on directed readings and discussion on the science and pathogenesis of HIV/AIDS. Covers dynamics of the HIV epidemic in the populated world, difficulties and contrasts between clinical management of HIV/AIDS in developed and developing countries, prevention and control modalities against HIV/AIDS, and predicting patterns of future growth of the HIV/AIDS epidemic with special reference to global economic impact of HIV vaccine and eradication issues of HIV/AIDS.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Discuss the basic science of recent discoveries of HIV/AIDS pathogenesis
- Describe the new targets for anti-HIV drugs and long-term side effects of current drugs
- Discuss HIV treatment issues in developed and developing countries
- Analyze the impact of co-infections with other microbial infections of HIV/AIDS epidemiology and pathogenesis
- Identify preventive measures against HIV infection in the forms of microbicides and behavioral changes
- Discuss the HIV pandemic in different countries, particularly with respect to the potential explosion of the HIV epidemic