Infection and immunity
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Learn to distinguish symptoms and signs of infectious diseases, understand transmission routes, and appreciate the scientific method in studying infectious diseases. Explore the different types of pathogens and human defenses against infection. Enhance your knowledge in this comprehensive course.
Course learning outcomes
After studying this course, you should be able to:
Distinguish between symptoms and signs of an infectious disease and illustrate how they are combined in making a diagnosis
Summarise the main direct and indirect transmission routes by which pathogens pass from person-to-person, from other animals, or from the environment to humans
Appreciate the usefulness of combining systematic observations and measurements with testable hypotheses (the scientific method) in understanding infectious disease
Distinguish between the six main types of pathogen multicellular parasites, single-celled protists, fungi, bacteria, viruses and prions
Summarise the main features of human defences against infection.
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