BMS2052

Microbes in health and disease

(MED)

Professor B Adler (Microbiology)

6 points + 3 lectures and one 3-hour laboratory class or tutorial/discussion session per week + Second semester + Clayton

Synopsis: The following aspects of the interactions of microbes with their hosts will be presented in lectures, tutorials, discussion groups and internet-based instruction sessions: The history of infectious diseases, medically important viruses, bacteria, fungi and protozoa, pathogenic mechanisms in infectious diseases, genes of pathogenic microbes and their regulation, control of infection by vaccines and drugs, food microbiology and emerging diseases.

Assessment: Written theory examination: 50% + Practical examination: 30% + Laboratory reports: 10% + Essay 10%