Medical Microbiology and Immune System.

Catalog description

Students apply the foundations of medical microbiology and immunology to the physical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of infectious and immune-mediate diseases. There will be an emphasis on virulence factors and pathogenesis of medically important microorganisms, as well as the innate and adaptive host immune responses to infections and tumors, vaccination, immune deficiency diseases, hypersensitivity reactions, and immune mechanisms of transplantation rejection.