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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Epidemics - the Dynamics of Infectious Diseases by The Pennsylvania State University

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About the Course

Not so long ago, it was almost guaranteed that you would die of an infectious disease. In fact, had you been born just 150 years ago, your chances of dying of an infectious disease before you've reached the tender age of 5 would have been extremely high. Since then, science has come a long way in understanding infectious diseases - what they are, how they spread, and how they can be prevented. But diseases like HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Tuberculosis, or the flu are still major killers worldwide, and novel emerging diseases are a constant threat to public health. In addition, the bugs are evolving. Antibiotics, our most potent weapon against bacterial infections, are losing their power because the bacteria are becoming resistant. In this course, we'll explore the major themes of infectious diseases dynamics. After we’ve covered the basics, we'll be looking at the dynamics of the flu, and why we're worried about flu pandemics. We'll be looking at the dynamics of childhood diseases such as measles and whooping cough, which were once considered almost eradicated, but are now making a comeback. We'll explore Malaria, and use it as a case study of the evolution of drug resistance. We'll even be looking at social networks - how diseases can spread from you to your friends to your friends' friends, and so on. And of course we’ll be talking about vaccination too. We’ll also be talking about how mobile phones, social media and crowdsourcing are revolutionizing disease surveillance, giving rise to a new field of digital epidemiology. And yes, we will be talking about Zombies - not human zombies, but zombie ants whose brains are hijacked by an infectious fungus. We're looking forward to having you join us for an exciting course!...

Top reviews

SD

Oct 2, 2016

Of course, its a nice course but the calculations were little more for me to understand as I am a Medical doctor. I enjoyed the course. Thanks one and all for helping me to understand the course

DW

Apr 25, 2020

The instructors were very good and many of there examples were very interesting. Of particular interest to me, was the story of the Irish potato famine and the the zombie ants.

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By Saman J A

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Jan 19, 2017

Loved it! Thank you so much! The case studies especially made it easier to understand and remember the diseases discussed.

By ADIBAH H M A

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Jul 20, 2024

انه برنامج رائع وتعلمت معلومات واليات جديدة لم اكن اعلمها، سهولة ايصال المعلومات وعرضها اسهم في استمرار تعلمي بشكل محفز

By Daniela N I F

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Jun 30, 2023

me gusto el curso, lo considero muy completo te ayuda a tener un panorama mas amplio sobre las enfermedades infecciosas

By Umi S

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Apr 1, 2020

My first course on c Coursera and I absolutely loved it! looking forward to learning more on this educational platform.

By ronald p

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Jun 26, 2017

A wll-explained and interesting discussion of the problems of infectious diseases and our structures to deal with them.

By javier d

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Oct 28, 2021

Excelente muy bien planteado , informaciones de uso actual , de gran utilidad para profesionales de la salud animal

By DEMIAN I M P

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Aug 13, 2020

Excellent course, I cannot stop thinking, how would the course be built nowadays, facing the COVID19 global pandemic

By Stacey K

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May 14, 2017

very enjoyable and informative. Should be taught at schools.

Thank you for fun and engaging additional reading links!

By Жуков Б С

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Aug 21, 2020

Потрясающе увлекательный курс! Хотелось бы чуть больше математики, но в целом - просто потрясающе.

Спасибо огромное.

By Muhammad S

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Aug 30, 2023

Thanks Pennstate university, Coursera and HEC Pakistan. This has a very interactive and wonderful session for me.

By Michael N

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Apr 23, 2020

Incredibly informative and extremely helpful in understanding the current COVID-19 pandemic from multiple angles.

By Pau F

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Apr 17, 2020

Great course! Very adviseable for everyone who is looking for courious information or further their knowdledge.

By Muhammad M

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Sep 9, 2015

Love this course. Excited to attend more biology sciences courses from this university and these instructors...

By Jan C

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Apr 12, 2020

Interesting topic, great teachers! I would be glad if there is something more courses prepared by this team.

By Ana S V

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Jan 14, 2016

Un curso muy completo y educativo, en el que aprendes fácilmente conceptos, que a priori, no son triviales.

By Badri H

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Apr 18, 2020

great course , love the extra disscussions at the end , very informative .

thank you pennystate university

By Sabrina S

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Sep 25, 2016

Much more than I expected! I'm in love with this area! This team is awesome!

This couse is Career Changing!

By Helen B

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Apr 9, 2016

Excellent course - a great overview even for people new to the field. Great, entertaining lecture videos!

By ALTAMASH J

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Jul 16, 2023

It was really amazing and helped alot to learn and explore many new things.I really loved this platform.

By Daniela R F

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May 8, 2020

It's a really complete course, it helped me a lot understandign different things during COVID pandemia.

By April J S

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May 8, 2020

I really enjoyed this prophetic course. It makes me even more curious to do more study in epidemiology.

By Pietro G

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Jun 13, 2020

Very interesting, a good course for beginners that offers a fairly comprehensive view of the subject.

By Sagnika P

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Dec 27, 2019

The course was very thorough and gave a much better understanding of the the basics of epidemiology.

By Marc B F

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Mar 31, 2018

Very interesting, covering a great diversity of topics inside the epidemics field and easy to follow

By Miss S K W

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Jun 24, 2017

This course was amazing! Everything is explained so well and laid out in such an accessible format!