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IDV 123 Introduction to Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology II

ND1 level23 topics

IDV 123 covers 23 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases
  2. Disease epidemiology
  3. Diagnosis of infectious diseases
  4. Prevention and control strategies
  5. Vaccination in disease control
  6. Public health significance
  7. Case studies in infectious diseases
  8. Current issues in vaccinology
  9. Principles of infectious disease epidemiology
  10. Epidemiological triad
  11. Measures of disease frequency
  12. Basic reproductive number (R₀)
  13. Specimen collection and handling
  14. Laboratory equipment and procedures
  15. Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs)
  16. Disease outbreak investigation
  17. Case definition and surveillance systems
  18. Immunization programme operations
  19. Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) and immunization schedules
  20. Vaccine storage and cold chain management
  21. Vaccine wastage and stock management
  22. Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFI) monitoring and reporting
  23. Risk communication in immunization

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One topic, as StudyPath teaches it.

Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases

Emerging and re‑emerging infectious diseases are infections that have newly appeared in a population or have existed but are rapidly increasing in incidence or geographic range. Mastering this topic is essential because it tests the student’s understanding of how ecological, social, and technological changes drive disease patterns, and how public health responses must adapt.

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