BIO 361
Spring 2000

1. Course Policy
2. Class Schedule
3. Lecture Notes:
   1. Review
   2. Introduction to epidemiology
   3. Emerging and reemerging infections
   4. Establishment of infectious diseases
      1. History and intro to host-parthogen interactions
      2. Transmission: encounter and entry of microbes into the host
      3. Adherence and attachment
      4. Patterns of microbial pathogenesis: localized viral infections
      5. Patterns of microbial pathogenesis continued: systemic viral infections
      6. Bacterial invasion, spread and tissue damage
      7. Nonspecific defenses of the host: phagocytosis, inflammation, and complement
      8. Host specific response: the immune system
      9. Microbial strategies to thwart the host's defenses
      10. Pathology/Disease: mechanisms of cell and tissue damage
   5. Chemotherapy
   6. Respiratory pathogens:
      1. C. diphtheriae
      2. Bordetella pertussis
      3. Pneumonia
      4. M. tuberculosis
      5. Influenza
      6. Paramyxo viruses
   7. Infections of the central nervous system:
      1. Encephalitis
      2. Meningitis
   8. Skin and soft tissue infections:
      1. Streptococci
      2. Staphylococci
      3. Clostridia
   9. Gastrointestinal pathogens:
      1. Introduction and intestinal viruses
      2. V. cholerae
      3. Invasive pathogens: Shigella, Salmonella and others
      4. E. coli
      5. Helicobacter
   10. Liver diseases: Hepatitis viruses
       1. Hepatitis B virus
   11. Herpes viruses
   12. Sexually transmitted diseases:
       1. Treponema pallidum
       2. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
       3. Chlamydia
   13. Lyme disease:
4. Study Questions and Exams:

    

5. Steps in infectious process
6. Case Studies
7. West Nile Virus update
8. Nipah Virus
9. Rotavirus vaccine update

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Last updated on 24 August 2000