Click on the links below to download pdf versions of the lecture material. Schedule Syllabus
Introduction
(Overview, Chapter
1)
Host
defenses-1: Barriers (Chapter 4)
Host
defenses-2: Innate Defenses (Chapter 5)
Host
defenses-3: Adaptive Defenses (Chapter 6)
MeasuringVirulence (Chapters 2-3 + other material)
Mechanisms
of Genetic Exchange (Chapters 2-3 + other material)
Identification
of Virulence Factors (Chapters 2-3 + other material)
Virulence
Factors-1: Adherence, Evasion & Dissemination (Chapter 8, Appendix 1 + other
material)
Virulence
Factors-2: Toxins (Chapter 9, Appendix 1 + other material)
Virulence
Factors-3: Antibiotic Resistance (Chapters 10-11 + other material)
Delivery
of Virulence Factors (Chapter 9, Appendix 1 + other material)
Regulation
of Virulence Factors-1: Gene Regulation (other material)
Regulation
of Virulence Factors-2: Quorum Sensing (other material)
Vaccines (Chapter 7 + other material)
Toxin-mediated
Disease: Diphtheria (Chapter 9 + other material)
Toxin-mediated
Disease: Anthrax
(Chapter 22 + other material)
Salmonella Presentation by Guest Lecturer - Dr. Slauch
Bioterrorism
(Chapter 22 + + other material, supplemental
Chapter, supplemental
Article)
Invasion
and Cell-to-Cell Spread: Listeria (Chapter 27)
Koch's
Postulates & Stealth Pathogens: Helicobacter (Chapters 23)
Koch's
Postulates & Stealth Pathogens: Chlamydia (Chapters 21 and 31)