# Imported Infections and Epidemics

- Institution: Gresham College
- Taught by: Professor Chris Whitty FRS, Professor Francis Cox DSc
- Year: 2013
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Medicine and health, History
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/series/imported-infections-and-epidemics)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Shakespeare wrote of island Britain as 'This fortress built by nature for herself against infection and the hand of war'. A look at Britain in the 21st century in an age of rapid travel, major migrations and emerging drug resistant infections will consider why Britain is no longer a ‘fortress’ and what the implications are for its inhabitants and health services. Part of the Mondays at One Autumn Series

## Lectures

1. [Unwelcome Guests: Human Diseases](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-imported-infections-and-epidemics/2079e7aac207) (YouTube)
2. [Ebola: Emergence, Epidemic and the Global Response](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-imported-infections-and-epidemics/8713721abc82) (YouTube)
3. [The Zika Virus, Dengue and the Yellow Fever Mosquito](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-imported-infections-and-epidemics/aa96fb523665) (YouTube)