Medical Microbiology

Catalog description

This course integrates microbiology, immunology, and molecular biology to explain mechanisms by which microbes cause disease. The methods by which bacteria attach to and then invade the human body to establish infection and subsequent interaction with the immune system will be investigated. Special emphasis will be placed on HIV infections and emerging infectious diseases as well as vaccine development. Prerequisite(s): BIOL 334 . When Offered: Spring semester of odd numbered years.