Introduction to Infectious Disease

MICRBIOL
405

Course Discipline

Medicine

Course Level

400

Course Credits

3

Term(s) Offered

Fall

Course Description

Intended to introduce biology majors and students interested in the health sciences to the variety of strategies used by bacteria to establish infection in humans. Lectures will draw from both classic and newly emerging infectious diseases such as Botulism, Cholera, Tuberculosis, Toxic Shock Syndrome, and Legionnaires' disease. Will highlight interactions between the pathogen and its host.

Eligible for Microbiology Certificate Program

Yes