Medical Microbiology

3 credits

Bacterial and fungal agents of infectious animal diseases. Physiology and structure, mechanisms of pathogenesis, immunological response, clinical disease caused, epidemiology, laboratory diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and control. Properties and uses of antibacterial and antifungal agents, resistance, vaccines, and bioterrorism. Credit will be granted for only one of BIOL_O 314 or BIOL_O 232. [3-0-0] Prerequisite: BIOL_O 228.