Nutrition, Infection and Immunity

3 Credits.

Provides an overview of the relationships between nutrition and immune function, with a focus on established and emerging public health problems. Reviews assessment methods for immune function in the context of public health nutrition research. Discusses the impact of the immune response on nutrient metabolism, nutritional status, and interpretation of biomarkers. Examines the deleterious effects of malnutrition on host barrier defenses and innate, humoral, cell-mediated immunity, and mucosal immunity. Presents case studies on the synergistic and antagonistic interactions between the immune response and malnutrition. Provides self-study materials covering the basic tenets of immunology and nutritional status assessment, for students with limited background in immunology or nutrition.