Description
This course introduces graduate students to fundamental principles of immunology and microbiology. The immunologic component focuses on the structure, action, and functions of this system. The immune system then is tied into the Microbial through the understanding of adaptations of the microbial pathogens to overcome the immune system and cause diseases in humans. This overview includes discussions of the interplay between the microbial pathogen and the host immune response during the infectious process. Representative microorganisms belonging to each class of pathogen (bacterial, viral, fungal and heminth) are discussed. After the introductory topics, the focus will be on current areas of interest in infectious disease and public health, incuding vaccines, cancers with an infectious etiology, and eradication of disease.