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Learning outcomes
Explain the importance of micro-organisms in health and disease;
Describe how host and pathogenic factors of micro-organisms affect the outcome of infection;
Describe basic mechanisms of immunity to infection and the development and use of vaccines;
Explain how infectious diseases are spread, tracked and controlled, and the susceptibility and resistance of microbial pathogens to antimicrobial agents;
Describe some examples of microbial pathogens including bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites, the diseases that they cause, their mechanisms of pathogenesis, and treatment;
Demonstrate knowledge of microbiological methodology and laboratory skills that are used to study and diagnose microbial pathogens.