- Course overview
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- What is antimicrobial resistance?
- Public pathogen data
- A guide to the Pathogens Portal
- Analysing genomic data from pathogens
- Identification and investigation of antimicrobial resistance genes
- Looking for antimicrobial resistance genes in different environments
- Data sharing
- The future of AMR
- Crossword: Test your knowledge
- Your feedback
- Further resources
- Help and support
- Glossary
- References
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Epidemiological studies
Epidemiological studies investigate the effects of pathogens on populations, focussing primarily on the public health impact. These studies provide insights into how pathogens spread, the risk factors linked to disease, and which interventions are the most effective.
Epidemiological data is generated and collected from a range of sources including:
- Research studies
- Disease surveillance programs
- Healthcare systems
- Environmental monitoring
- Population surveys
Statistical methods are often employed by researchers to analyse epidemiological data, and can be used for disease modelling, outbreak prediction, and intervention simulation.
If you are new to biostatistics, you may find the recorded webinar ‘A beginner’s guide to interpreting results from biostatistics’ useful. Alternatively if you would like more practical experience you can work through the training collection ‘Biostatistics: A practical introduction’.
On the next page you will have a chance to test your learning of these three types of studies.