526-311 Med Micro & Virol 1: Agents

Note

Credit Points

HECS Band

Coordinator

Prerequisites

Microbiology 526-205 or 526-202 and one or more of the following: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 521-211 & 521-212, or Genetics 652-214 & 652-215, or Cell Biology 606-205 & 606-206.

Semester

Contact

Subject Description

Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:

• understand the basic principles of viral, bacterial, fungal, protozoan and helminth structure, molecular taxonomy, replication and gene expression;

• apply information obtained from microbial genomics to the investigation of infectious diseases;

• show how etiological relationships are established and how molecular techniques are being used in the diagnosis of infections;

• understand the rational basis of anti-microbial therapy using their knowledge of microbial structure and replication, and how new anti-microbials might be developed in the post-genomic era.

Assessment

A 3-hour end-of-semester written examination (70%); assessment of tutorial work (10%); a 1-hour mid-semester written examination (20%).

Prescribed Texts

• Mims, C et al, Medical Microbiology. 2nd ed., 1998, Mosby.
  or
  Schaechter et al, Mechanisms of Microbial Disease. 3rd ed., 1998, Williams and Wilkins.

Recommended Texts

• Salyers A A and Whitt D D, Bacterial Pathogenisis - A Molecular Approach. 1994 ASM Press.
• White, D O and Fenner, F, Medical Virology. 4th ed., 1994.