Students get familiar with the most important vaccine preventable infectious diseases from a clinical and a global epidemiological perspective, learning about vaccines available and in development.

Bacterial diseases: clinical profile, epidemiology, and vaccines: 

• Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, Haemophilus influenza type b disease, Meningococcal disease, Pneumococcal disease, Lyme disease Borreliosis, Group A Streptococcal disease, Group B Streptococcal disease, Staphylococcal disease, Tuberculosis, Helicobacter py lori infection, Cholera, Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli, Salmonellosis, Shigellosis, Others
  

Viral diseases: clinical profile, epidemiology, and vaccines: 

• Hepatitis A, B, C and E, Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella & Zoster, Influenza & Pandemic Influenza, Respiratory syncytial virus, Cytomegalovirus, HIV/AIDS, Tick Borne encephalitis, Japanese encephalitis, Yellow Fever, Dengue Fever, Rabies, Human papillomavirus, Herpes Simplex virus, Rotavirus, Ebola, Malaria, Noroviruses