Bugs in Bugs– Insect Pathology and Immunity

Catalog description

Bugs in Bugs: Insect Pathology and Immunity provides an overview of the major groups of internal pathogens and parasites that infect insects in natural and managed settings, as well as the fundamental structure of the insect immune system for combatting infection. Major pathogen groups covered include viruses, bacteria, fungi, parasitoids, nematodes and other parasites. The course will examine infection strategies used by each pathogen group and the mode of host immune defense deployed against each pathogen. At the population level, the course will examine epidemiological and evolutionary outcomes of infection.