Credits: 3 (3-0-0)
Prerequisites: SBL100 and either SBL201 or BEL204 or BEL311 and EC 75
Description
Features of bacterial/viral/other pathogens, molecular evolution and dissemination, factors influencing dissemination, host entry, receptors and pathways, host genetics, persistence and latency, co- infection dynamics, host-pathogen interactions, innate and adaptive immunity, Th1-Th2 balance, intracellular survival and dissemination, molecular mimicry, apoptosis and necrosis, intervention strategies and application of bioinformatics in infection biology.