Epidemiological Characteristics of Common Infectious Diseases

Throughout this course we will be reading and discussing anecdotes of real outbreak investigations using a unique textbook. In parallel with your course introductions, let’s introduce some of the diseases we will be exploring in the coming weeks.

Select a disease from any of the chapters in Outbreak Investigations Around the World and provide detailed information regarding the epidemiological characteristics. Information should include but is not limited to:

• Mode of Transmission
• Incubation Period
• Communicability/infectivity
• Pathogenicity
• Virulence
• Immunogenicity
• Herd Immunity
• Intrinsic Properties
• Pathogenetic Mechanism

Be creative and attach images, graphs, etc to your posts.