Johns Hopkins University - Outbreaks and Epidemics 

Introduction to Course and Identifying and Investigating Outbreaks: The Basics

Step 0: What Is an Outbreak?

Step 1: Identify Cases

Step 2: Describe the Outbreak by Person, Place, and Time

Step 3: Identify and Characterize the Cause

Step 4: Risk Factor Study in a Defined Population

Step 4: Risk Factor Study in an Open Population

Step 5: Intervene and Report

Course Projects

Identifying and Investigating Outbreaks

Weighing Evidence and Identifying Causes

Introduction to Weighing Evidence and Identifying Causes

General Questions to Precise Hypotheses

Identifying Comparison Groups

Basic Measures of Association 1, Risk Difference

Basic Measures of Association 2, Relative Risk

Understanding Basic Statistical Tests

Weighing Evidence and Identifying Causes

The Terrible Law: Basic Epidemic Dynamics

Introduction to The Terrible Law: Basic Epidemic Dynamics

Measures of Transmissibility: Attack Rates

Measures of Transmissibility: Reproductive Numbers

Natural History

Implications for Control

Summary of The Terrible Law: Basic Epidemic Dynamics

Further Reading

The Terrible Law: Basic Epidemic Dynamics

Case Studies in Outbreaks and Epidemics: From Ebola to Overdose

Introduction to Case Studies in Outbreaks and Epidemics: From Ebola to Overdose

Multistate Outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium in the United States

Ebola in West Africa

Opioids in West Virginia

Case Studies in Outbreaks and Epidemics: from Ebola to opioids