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The Texas A&M University System
Health Science Center--College of Medicine

Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology

A. J. Bäumler, S. H. Black, T. W. Huber, R. E. McCallum, W.B.McCombsIII, D. N. McMurray, J. M. Quarles (Head), L. H. Russell, Jr., J. E. Samuel, J. T. Skare, V.L.Tesh, R. M. Tsolis, V. G. Wilson

(MMIM)

601. Microbial Pathogenesis of Human Disease. (3-0). Credit 3.

Principles of microbe-host interactions described at the molecular level and understood by current research literature; general concepts of various pathogenic mechanisms frame the introductory section; selected medically important infectious diseases serve as paradigms with detailed molecular models of how multiple pathogenic mechanisms contribute to disease. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.

602. Immunoregulation. (3-0). Credit 3.

In-depth exploration of the genetic, cellular and molecular mechanisms by which humoral and cellular immune responses are regulated; regulatory T cell circuits, molecules (interleukins, lymphokines), isotypic and idiotypic regulation, hormonal effects, immunoregulatory defects, experimental manipulation of immunoregulatory networks. Prerequisites: BIOL 610 or VTMI 649; approval of instructor.

607. Applied Epidemiology. (3-3). Credit 4.

Application of epidemiologic concepts to the study of disease occurrence; descriptive epidemiologic methods in the study of diseases. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.

663. Molecular Biology of Viruses. (3-0). Credit 3.

In-depth studies of the biochemistry and the replication strategies of viruses and molecular mechanisms of pathogenesis for selected viral systems. Prerequisite: Graduate classification in pathology, molecular biology, biochemistry or approval of instructor. Cross-listed with VTMI 663.

923. Medical Microbiology. (8-4). Credit 8.

General concepts of immunological and microbiological principles and phenomena in relation to clinical manifestations of infectious disease in the human host and mechanisms of the immune response. Prerequisite: Admission to medical curriculum or approval of department head.