Microbial Pathogenesis
MBT 353 (Offering: 2003)

Description

This course introduces basic concepts of bacterium-host relationships. It examines virulence factors that promote colonisation, survival of infecting microorganisms and virulence attributes that damage the host. The course also discusses the origin of antibiotic resistance genes, their mechanisms of action, and how they are transferred between bacteria. The course then describes experimental approaches for investigating bacterium-host interrelationships, cultured cell lines and their application in studying microbial pathogenicity, animal model systems and measurements of virulence. The course concludes with a broad discussion on virulence factors and rational design of vaccines.

Major(s)/Minors(s): Biomedical Science (major), Microbiology and Biotechnology (major), Medical Microbiology (minor)

Usual Semester of offer: Semester 2

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