Bio 406 - Medical Microbiology
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Course Calendar Spring 2023

	Date	Topic	Reading
1	1/30	Introduction & Review	Preface; Ch. 1; A1
2	2/1	Human Microbiota	Ch. 2; A2
3	2/3	Infectious Disease Cycle	Ch. 2, 14, A3
4	2/6	Mechanisms of pathogenesis	Ch 14, 37, 58, 69; A4
5	2/8	Diagnostic methods	Ch 4 - 6, A6, A5
6	2/10	Diagnostic methods	Ch 4 - 6, 16, 39, 60, 71
7	2/13	Epidemiology	A7
8	2/15	Epidemiology	Ch. 11, A12
9	2/17	Emerging infectious diseases and Bioterrorism	A8, A9
10	2/20	Exam 1 Review Questions
11	2/22	Immune system; Innate immunity	Ch 7-8; A10
12	2/24	Innate immunity	Ch 7-8
13	2/27	Adaptive immunity	Ch 9, A11
14	3/1	Adaptive immunity	Ch 9
15	3/3	Immune responses	Ch. 10
16	3/6	Immune responses	Ch. 10
17	3/8	Immune dysfunction	Ch 10; A13
18	3/10	Antimicrobial chemotherapy	Ch 17, 40, 61, 72
-	3/13	Spring break
-	3/15	Spring break
-	3/17	Spring break
19	3/20	Antimicrobial chemotherapy	A15, A14
20	3/22	Antimicrobial resistance	A16, A17
21	3/24	Exam 2 Review Questions
22	3/27	Overview of bacterial diseases	15
23	3/29	Bacterial diseases I: Gram-positive cocci	18 - 19; A18
24	3/31	Bacterial diseases II: Gram-positive rods	20, 21, 22, A19
25	4/3	Bacterial diseases II: Gram-positive rods	30, 31
26	4/5	Bacterial diseases III: Gram-negative rods	24, 25, A20
27	4/7	Bacterial diseases III: Gram-negative rods	27, 29
28	4/10	Bacterial diseases IV: Gram-negative cocci & vibrios	23, 26, 28; A21
29	4/12	Bacterial diseases V: Gram-negative spirochaete bacteria	32
30	4/14	Bacterial diseases VI: Cell wall-less and unusual bacteria	33, 34, 35
31	4/17	Exam 3 Review Questions
32	4/19	Virology and viral pathogenesis	36 - 38
33	4/21	Viral diseases I: DNA viruses	41 - 45
34	4/24	Viral diseases II: RNA viruses	45 - 49; A23, A22
35	4/26	Viral diseases III: arboviruses	52 - 53
36	4/28	Viral diseases IV: hemorrhagic fevers & retroviruses	50, 53, 54; A24
37	5/1	Fungal pathogenesis & disease	57 - 59, 62, 63; A25
38	5/3	Fungal diseases	64; A26
39	5/5	Fungal diseases	65 - 67
40	5/8	Protozoan Diseases	68 - 70, 73; A27
41	5/10	Protozoan Diseases	74; A28
42	5/12	Parasitic diseases	75 - 77
	5/?	Exam 4 Review questions

Spring 2023 Important Dates