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BIOL 3711

Pathogenic Bacteriology

0.5 credits · Undergraduate

Winter 2026

Topics

  • First 4 Lectures
  • Introduction: General background of bacterial pathogenesis
  •  Historical examples of disease including their effects on population dynamics
  •  Mortality of infectious disease in the 20th century – patterns over time
  •  Factors that impact mortality
  •  Examples of disease caused by various organisms
  •  Emerging and Re-emerging diseases
  • Immunology
  •  First line of defense against bacterial pathogens
  •  Innate immunity
  •  Adaptive immunity
  •  The lymphatic system
  • Virulence factors
  •  Approaches and methods in studying bacterial disease
  •  Bacterial strategies against the human immune system
  •  Bacterial toxins
  •  Antimicrobial compounds and antibiotic resistance
  • Remaining lectures
  • Selected Pathogens
  •  Group A Streptococcus (GAS, Streptococcus pyogenes)
  •  Staphylococcus aureus
  •  Pseudomonas aeruginosa and other opportunistic pathogens
  •  Escherichia coli
  •  Foodborne illness (Campylobacter, Listeria and Salmonella)
  • Treponema pallidum

Readings

  • Not required. The following reference is recommended and is available in the Lakehead University Library and posted in D2L. Bacterial Pathogenesis: A molecular approach (3rd edition). Selected Journal Articles will be posted in D2L.
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