Pathogenic Microbiology

Undergraduate

This course examines the ceaseless struggle between the antimicrobial defences of humans and the virulence factors of bacterial and protozoan pathogens. Important human infectious diseases will be studied as examples of the contest between hosts and parasites, and as examples of how modern medicine is driving evolution of human pathogens. (3h lab). Prerequisite(s): BIOL 3553 with a minimum grade of C+.