Courses |  M04 526

NEW DISEASES, NEW PATHOGENS

Instructor

• David B. Haslam, M.D.  h | r | c

This selective will focus on the process by which new etiologic agents of disease have been discovered. Special attention will be paid to the logical process by which a causative role is attributed to a newly discovered pathogen. This selective will also focus on understanding the process of identification and characterization of virulence determinants. Examples will be taken from bacterial, protozoan, viral and fungal pathogens.