UM SPH Academic Courses

EPID460 Introduction to Bacterial Pathogenesis

Fall term(s)

3 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Marrs, Carl F

Offered every year

Last offered Fall 08

Prerequisites: Introductory Microbiology and Biochemistry or Perm. Instr.

Description: This course covers the basics of the biochemistry, molecular biology, and genetics of chemotaxis and flagella, pili and adhesins, extracellular proteases, bacterial toxins, invasion and intracellular growth, phase and antigenic variation, gene transfer, LPS, iron, M-proteins, capsules, chemotherapy, antibiotic resistance and global regulation of virulence elements.

Syllabus for EPID460 (PDF, 26174 bytes, last modified on Thursday, October 23, 2008 )

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