Numbering Code	G-AAA02 52807 LJ31	Year/Term	2022 ・ First semester
Number of Credits	2	Course Type	Lecture
Target Year	1st & 2nd year students	Target Student
Language	Japanese	Day/Period	Tue.2
Instructor name	NISHIYAMA TOSHIMASA (Part-time Lecturer)
Outline and Purpose of the Course	Many students of the Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies conduct a field research in Asia and Africa, where various kinds of infectious diseases, which does not exist in Japan, are observed. This lecture aims to deepen the knowledge on tropical diseases and the practical methods to conduct a field research healthily.
Course Goals	Students will acquire the knowledge on 1) endemic diseases in their research field, 2) self-management skills for their health in the field, and 3) preventive measures against tropical diseases and their treatment.
Schedule and Contents	1st lecture: An introduction to the study of tropical diseases 2nd lecture: Mosquito-borne Diseases I: Malaria 3rd lecture: Mosquito-borne Diseases II: Dengue fever, Yellow fever, Chikungunya fever, West Nile fever, etc. 4th lecture: Mosquito-borne Diseases III: Bancroftian filariasis, Malayan filariasis etc. 5th lecture: Tick-borne Diseases: Scrub typhus, Spotted fever, Tick‐borne encephalitis, Crimean‐Congo hemorrhagic fever, Lyme disease, etc. 6th lecture: Fly-borne Diseases: Leishmaniasis, Sleeping sickness, Onchocerciasis, Loasis, Cordylobia anthoropophaga, etc. 7th lecture: Transcutaneous Infection: Schistosomiasis, Hookworm disease, Strongyloidiasis, Leptospirosis, etc. 8th lecture: Orally Transmitted Viral Diseases: Hepatitis A and E, Norovirus infection, Rotavirus infection, Poliomyelitis, etc. 9th lecture: Orally Transmitted Bacterial Diseases: Escherichia coli infection, Shigellosis, Typhoid fever, Salmonella infection, Cholera, Campylobacter infection, etc. 10th lecture: Orally Transmitted Parasitic Diseases I: Amoebic dysentery, Toxoplasmosis, Giardiasis, Ascariasis, etc. 11th lecture: Orally Transmitted Parasitic Diseases II: Hookworm disease, Trichuriasis, Clonorchiasis, Fasciolopsiasis, Fascioliasis, Heterophyiasis, Paragonimiasis 12th lecture: Infectious diseases caused by mammal bite and sexually transmitted diseases: Rabies, Tetanus, Herpes B virus infection, Pasteurella infection, HIV infection, Syphilis, Gonorrhea, Chlamydia infection, etc. 13th lecture: How to use simple test kit for malaria and dengue fever (incl. practical exercise) 14th lecture: 1) Sickness in the airplane and its prevention, 2) How to customize the plan of your travel insurance 15th lecture: Which vaccines to choose and how to plan the schedule for vaccination
Evaluation Methods and Policy	Evaluation will be based on a report. The content of the report will include: 1) your research field, 2) sickness popular in your field and measures to prevent infection, 3) what to do when infected.
Course Requirements	Desirable for students who learned biology in high school, but NOT REQUIRED
Study outside of Class (preparation and review)	Review what you learned in the lecture by exploring the web sites such as “International Travel and Health” by WHO and “Yellow Book” by the US-CDC.