Pre-requisite: 62215
The first half of this unit emphasises the mechanisms of pathogenesis and the approaches taken for prevention of significant microbial diseases of animals and humans. The diseases covered include those caused by gram-positive, gram-negative and acid-fast micro-organisms and an introduction to significant fungal and protozoal diseases. The second half of the unit will consider antigenic specificity, induction, humoral and cellular immune response, immunoglobulin structure and function, the immune system and its role in health and disease, cytokines, cell-mediated immunity and hypersensitivity reactions, autoimmunity, vaccinology, transplantation immunology and cancer immunology.