This course for upper division and graduate students will address the molecular mechanisms by which bacterial pathogens cause disease. Bacterial infections will be considered as molecular interactions between hosts and their infecting microbes. We will consider some of the basic principles of bacterial pathogenesis before conducting a survey of the pathogens and their specific virulence factors. The course will also include some aspects of bacterial genetics and physiology, immune response to infection, and the cell biology of host-parasite interactions.
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