BMS8013 — Human Infectious Disease
This is a graduate level analysis of human infectious disease. Topics include features of infectious microbes themselves, their complex relationships and interactions with the human host, and their diagnosis and treatment. The course will be presented using the tools common to academic medicine: scientific review articles, published research studies, and infectious disease case records/studies. pre-req: 1 year undergraduate biology instruction + 1 semester undergraduate microbiology OR 1 year undergraduate biology instruction + prerequisite reading + instructor permission