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Classical and 21st Century Pathogens - TIII 5620Q

A broad lecture course that introduces beginning graduate students to the pathogenicity of viruses, bacteria, parasites, and fungi that infect humans, and the host response to these infections, with a focus
on the major experimental systems used for each.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

1. To understand how bacteria, viruses, parasites, and fungi infect humans.
2. To understand the mechanisms of host defense and host response to the classes of pathogens listed above.
3. To understand in detail the major experimental evidence underlying our knowledge of infection and host response.

Please download the fall 2023 syllabus here.

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