CLO-5001 Microbiology and Immunology
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to systemic immunology and microbiology. The immunology aspect of the course will focus on basic concepts of immunology, innate immunity, complement system, adaptive immunity, ocular immune privilege, and disorder of the immune system. A brief overview of clinical immunological disorders such as hypersensitivity immune reactions is provided. The microbiology aspect of the course focuses on the four core areas of introduction to microbiology such as bacteriology, virology, mycology, and parasitology with particular emphasis on microbial structure, classification of microbes, transmission of microbes, diagnostic/laboratory studies, and major antimicrobial agents.