ECOL509
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ECOL509 - Evolution of Infectious Disease
Course ID
012647
Course Description
Causes and consequences of evolutionary change in pathogens. Evolutionary principles, vertebrate immunity, molecular epidemiology, evolution of virulence, evolution of antimicrobial resistance, predicting epidemics, impacts of infectious disease on host evolution, HIV evolution. Graduate-level requirements include a term paper and an in-class presentation on the same topic.
Min Units
3
Max Units
3
Repeatable for Credit
No
Grading Basis
GRD - Regular Grades A, B, C, D, E
Career
Graduate
Course Attributes
CE - CL (Cross Listed), GIDP - ABS (Applied Biosciences), GIDP - GC (Global Change), IIA - MCB (MCB - Molecular & Cell Biology)
Course Requisites
Cross Listed Courses
May be convened with
ECOL409
Component
Lecture
Optional Component
No