Microbial Pathogens
Analysis of interactions between pathogenic microbes and human hosts, focusing on virulence strategies for colonization, invasion, pathogenesis, and resistance to host defenses.
Summary
What you’ll be able to do
Describe the basic functions of the human immune system, especially in the context of microbe-human interactions.
Describe the pathogenesis of common infectious diseases, including the disease cycle and molecular mechanisms required for pathogenesis.
Identify approaches for prevention, treatment, and control of infectious diseases.
Explain how antibiotics control microbial growth and how microbes become resistant to them.
Integrate and synthesize information from the primary literature on microbial pathogenesis
Source: UW Guide
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Course mapMICROBIO 303 or graduate/professional standing
- MICROBIO 303 · prior_or_concurrent
- graduate/professional standing
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- MICROBIO 303 · prior_or_concurrent
- graduate/professional standing
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Analysis of the interactions between pathogenic microbes and their human hosts. The focus is on the biology of these interactions and the microbial virulence strategies for colonization, invasion, pathogenesis, and resistance to host defenses.
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Topics
- Microbe-host interactions
- Virulence strategies and host defense resistance
- Infectious disease pathogenesis and disease cycles
- Antibiotics and microbial resistance
Skills
- Describing immune functions and disease pathogenesis mechanisms
- Identifying prevention, treatment, and antibiotic resistance concepts
- Integrating and synthesizing primary literature on microbial pathogenesis
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