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   Mechanisms of Human Disease 
    The Plight of Native Americans and European Conquest
 

 
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Week 5: Epidemiology
  • Methods
  • Historical study
  • Virulence and spread
  • 'Herd' size
  • Myxomatosis in Australian rabbits
  • Flu 1918 pandemic
  • Non-immune response, SS Hbg
  • Effects beyond disease
    • Cultural
    • Loss of morale
    • Food production and famine
    • Defense
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Week 6

 
 
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