Epidemic control and Modelling detailed syllabus for Safety & Fire Engineering (SFE) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the SFE students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Safety & Fire Engineering 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit SFE 6th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-V scheme and its subjects refer to SFE Professional Elective-V syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of epidemic control and modelling is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF EPIDEMIC 9
Definitions of epidemic and its outbreak, Severity of epidemic, environmental condition, host population characteristics, socio-cultural aspects. Types of epidemics sources (point, area, continuous), methods of propagation (contact based, vector based) Investigation, control and prevention, Management strategies, Epidemic Curve, Incubation period and its use, host population characteristics, socio-cultural aspects
Unit II
MATHEMATICAL MODELLING OF EPIDEMIC 9
General introduction to mathematical concepts and main classes of epidemic models (population vs individual based; deterministic vs stochastic, spatial models, Basic concepts and ideas of modelling: (i) presentation of main classes of epidemic models (population vs individual based, deterministic vs stochastic, spatial models), (ii) construction of SIR-like models with various structures. Systems of governing differential Equations, parameterization, simple numerical methods.
Unit III
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Unit IV
EPIDEMIC CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT 9
Decision-making tools in public health in general and in planning mitigation strategies inclusion of parameters representing preventive and control measures, interventions evaluation.
Unit V
MODEL VALIDATION AND CASE STUDIES 9
Case studies and examples of epidemic models Validation, epidemic (spread, early warning, forecasting) models, Indian case studies – SARS-Covid 19 and small pox- epidemic modelling experiences
Course Outcomes:
Students able to
- Acquire basic understanding of epidemic
- Critically read and analyze research articles featuring modeling-based epidemiological studies
- Provide the general ideas for constructing and analyzing simple models of epidemic spread and control
- Interpret models outputs as information that help guide public health decision making
- Provided basic understanding of model validation and case study Methodology
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Interdisciplinary Public Health Reasoning and Epidemic Modelling: The Case of Black Death,Dr. George Christakos.et.al, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Year: 2005
- An introduction to infectious disease modeling by Emilia Vynnycky and Richard White, https://anintroductiontoinfectiousdiseasemodelling.com/
- Modeling to inform infectious disease control, Becker, Niels G.,CRC Press LLC, Year: 2015.
- Modeling the transmission and prevention of infectious disease,Hurst, Christon J,Springer-Verlag,2017
- Charting the Next Pandemic: Modeling Infectious Disease Spreading in the Data Science Age, SpringerYear: 2019
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