ANTH 550 - Evo Dynamics ofHuman Pathogens

This course explores the evolution of infectious diseases in human populations. We will examine: the burden of infectious diseases throughout the depth of human history and across the breadth of modern human experience; human adaptations to infectious disease; the idea of human “epidemiologic transitions”” in infectious disease ecologies; and, the dynamics of intra- and inter-host competition and evolution of virulence. Variable credit