Bio 406 - Medical Microbiology
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Course Calendar Spring 2025

	Date	Topic	Reading
1	1/26	Introduction & Review	Preface; Ch. 1; A1
2	1/28	Human Microbiota	Ch. 2; A2
3	1/30	Infectious Disease Cycle	Ch. 2, 14, A3
4	2/2	Mechanisms of pathogenesis	Ch 14, 37, 58, 69; A4
5	2/4	Diagnostic methods	Ch 4 - 6, A6, A5
6	2/6	Diagnostic methods	Ch 4 - 6, 16, 39, 60, 71
7	2/9	Epidemiology	A7
8	2/11	Epidemiology	Ch. 11, A12
9	2/13	Emerging infectious diseases and Bioterrorism	A8, A9
10	2/16	Exam 1 Review Questions
11	2/18	Immune system; Innate immunity	Ch 7-8; A10
12	2/20	Innate immunity	Ch 7-8
13	2/23	Adaptive immunity	Ch 9, A11
14	2/25	Adaptive immunity	Ch 9
15	2/27	Immune dysfunction	Ch 10; A13
16	3/2	Antimicrobial chemotherapy	Ch 17, 40, 61, 72, A15, A14
17	3/4
18	3/6	Antimicrobial resistance	A16, A17
19	3/9	Exam 2 - Review Questions
20	3/11	Overview of bacterial diseases	15
21	3/13	Bacterial diseases: Staphylococcus
	3/16	Spring break
	3/18	Spring break
	3/20	Spring break
24	3/23	Bacterial diseases I: Gram-positive cocci	18 - 19; A18
25	3/25	Bacterial diseases II: Gram-positive rods	20, 21, 22, A19
26	3/27	Bacterial diseases II: Gram-positive rods	30, 31
27	3/30	Bacterial diseases III: Gram-negative rods	24, 25, A20
28	4/1	Bacterial diseases III: Gram-negative rods	27, 29
29	4/3	Bacterial diseases IV: Gram-negative cocci & vibrios	23, 26, 28; A21
30	4/6	Bacterial diseases V: Gram-negative spirochaete bacteria	32
31	4/8	Bacterial diseases VI: Cell wall-less and unusual bacteria	33, 34, 35
32	4/10
31	4/13	Exam 3 Review
32	4/15	Virology and viral pathogenesis	36 - 38
33	4/17	Viral diseases I: DNA viruses	41 - 45
34	4/20	Viral diseases II: RNA viruses	45 - 49; A23, A22
35	4/22	Viral diseases III: arboviruses	52 - 53
36	4/24	Viral diseases IV: retroviruses	50, 53, 54; A24
37	4/27	Viral diseases V: hemorrhagic fevers
38	4/29	Fungal pathogenesis & disease	57 - 59, 62, 63; A25
39	5/1	Fungal diseases	64 - 67; A26
40	5/4	Protozoan Diseases	68 - 70, 73; A27
41	5/6	Protozoan Diseases	74; A28
42	5/8	Parasitic diseases	75 - 77
		Exam 4 Review questions

Fall 2024 Important Dates