FS 522
1998 Spring Semester Schedule
Dr. Lee-Aann Jaykus
| DATE | TOPIC |
| 1/9/98 | Introduction-Course Objectives, "Historic" and "Emerging" Agents |
| 1/14/98 | Koch's Postulates, Virulence Factors, and Pathogenicity |
| 1/16/98 | Bacterial Pathogens-Shigella, EPEC, EIEC, ETEC, and EHEC |
| 1/21/98 | Bacterial Pathogens- Listeria monocytogenes |
| 1/23/98 | Bacterial Pathogens- Vibrio ssp., Campylobacter spp., and other emerging agents |
| 1/28/98 | Human Enteric Viruses |
| 1/30/98 | Spongiform Encephalopathies |
| 2/4/98 | Protozoa-Giardia, Cryptosporidium, and Cyclospora |
| 2/6/98 | Molds and Aflatoxins |
| 2/11/98 | Viable But Non-Culturable (VBNC) State |
| 2/13/98 | Discussion Section #1-Emerging Pathogens |
| 2/18/98 | EXAMINATION #1-IN CLASS |
| 2/25/98 | Epidemiology-Causality, Study Design, and Risk Calculations |
| 2/27/98 | Epidemiological Investigation of Foodborne Disease |
| 3/4/98 | Epidemiology-Calculations Test Sensitivity, Specificity, Predictive Value; Bayes Theorem |
| 3/6/98 | Discussion Section #2-Epidemiological Investigation of Foodborne Disease |
| 3/11/98 | No Class |
| 3/13/98 | No Class |
| 3/18/98 | Rapid Methods-Immunologically-Based Methods |
| 3/20/98 | Rapid Methods-Nucleic Acid-Based Methods |
| 3/25/98 | No Class-Practice Epidemiology Problems |
| 3/27/98 | Molecular Epidemiology |
| 4/1/98 | Discussion Section #3- Molecular Epidemiology |
| 4/3/98 | EXAMINATION #2-IN CLASS |
| 4/8/98 | Geographic Information Systems |
| 4/10/98 | Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment-Introduction and Definitions |
| 4/15/98 | Hazard Analysis/Exposure Assessment |
| 4/17/98 | Dose-Response Assessment/Risk Characterization |
| 4/22/98 | A Food Safety Example/WRITTEN REPORT DUE |
| 4/24/98 | Discussion Section #4-Quantitative Risk Assessment |
| TBA | FINAL EXAMINATION-TAKE HOME |
