Bio 406 - Medical Microbiology
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Course Calendar Fall 2024

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

Fall 2024 Important Dates