Graduate Medical Microbiology

Catalog description

This is an advanced medical microbiology course built from courses taught in medical schools that examines the direct interactions between humans and microorganisms. Advanced principles will be introduced and then applied to the clinical relevance in four segments of the academic preparation for the students: bacteriology, virology, mycology and parasitology. This course includes major etiological agents responsible for global infectious diseases. Because the territory covered by infections and the host’s immune response expands each year, the focus is on pathogenic mechanisms in order to foster a student’s ability to solve problems in their future career.