Infectious Diseases
Module code: BMD323
Credits: 15.0
Semester: SEM1
Timetable:
- Lecture
- Semester 1: Weeks 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12: Thursday 2 pm - 4 pm
- Semester 1: Weeks 2: Thursday 1 pm - 3 pm
- Semester 1: Weeks 6: Thursday 1 pm - 3 pm
- Semester 2: Weeks 16: Tuesday 1 pm - 2 pm
- IT Class
- Semester 1: Weeks 3, 5, 9: Thursday 4 pm - 6 pm
Contact: Prof Lucinda Hall
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: BMD231
Two major themes will link lectures on different organisms:
1. Microbial pathogenesis
- How microorganisms damage and manipulate the host
- How microorganisms evade the immune response
- How we investigate microbial pathogenesis
2. Combatting infectious diseases
- Public health surveillance and epidemiology
- Molecular diagnostics and typing
- Drug development
- Vaccines
Connected course(s): UDF DATA
Assessment: 90.0% Examination, 10.0% Coursework
Level: 6