BMS3082

Infection and immunity

(MED)

6 points + 3 lectures per week and 3 hours practical or equivalent + Second semester + Clayton

Synopsis: Topics include organisation and medical importance of the immune system; structure and function of antibodies and their role as effector molecules in immunity; the role of T cells and antigen recognition; effector cells in cellular immunity; paradigms of microbe-host interactions in infectious diseases such as toxaemic infections, whooping cough, influenza, tuberculosis, cholera, listeriosis, dysentery, urinary tract infections, sexually-transmitted diseases, herpes virus infections and insect-transmitted viral infections.

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