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Microorganisms and Human Disease

Course Outline - Fall 2009

Principles of Disease, Microorganisms as Parasitic Agents, and Epidemiology

August 25: Introduction and Overview (Text, p. 1-3, 5-17); Infectious Disease Principles (Text, p. 6-7, 16-17, 379-405)
August 27: Description of Microorganisms: Bacteria (Text, p. 86-106, 192-197, 199-202) and Viruses (Text, p. 149, 166, 172-174), Eukaryotic Cells (Text, p. 117-129), Fungi (Text, p. 130-135), Protozoa (Text, p. 136-142, 181), Helminths (Text, p. 143-145)
September 1: Infectious Strategies of Microorganisms: Virulence Factors (Text, p. 141t, 383-392; Articles: "Study Immuminates How The Plague Bacteria Causes Disease" plus "Scientists Reveal How H5N1 Kills"); Epidemiology Principles (Text, p. 405-413; Article: "Salmonella Outbreak" plus "Eat That Tomato!" plus "Peanut Butter Link to Salmonella Outbreak")

Impact of Infectious Diseases on Development of Human Societies

September 3: Antiquity to Middle Ages: Malaria (Text, p. 627-632), African Sleeping Sickness (Text, p. 599-601), Schistosomiasis (Text, p. 725-726), Leprosy (Text, p. 358; Article: "Leprosy Was Spread by Colonialism, Slave Trade"), Plague (Text, p. 314, 615-617, 677; Article: "Bubonic Plague Traced to Ancient Egypt"); Middle Ages to Dawn of Microbiology as a Science: Overview (Text, p. 345), Plague (Text, p. 314, 615-617, 677), Smallpox (Text, p. 465, 549-551; Article: "Smallpox and Other Deadly Eurasian Germs")
September 8: Middle Ages to Dawn of Microbiology as a Science: Overview (Text, p. 345; Article: "Guns, Germs and Steel"), Syphilis (Text, p. 748-752), Cholera (Text, p. 702-704; Article: "How Epidemics Helped Shape the Modern Metropolis"), Tuberculosis (Text, p. 343, 354); Era of Public Health and Discovery of Antibiotics: Overview (Text, p. 15-16, 349), Syphilis (Text, p. 748-752), Typhoid Fever (Text, p. 397, 697-698), Tuberculosis (Text, p. 666-671), Influenza (Text, p. 662-666; Video: "1918 Flu")
September10: Last 50 Years: AIDS (Text, p. 634-642, 733-734, 742), Avian Flu (Video: "Pandemic Flu") , Dengue Fever (Text, p. 622-623), Ebola Fever (Text, p. 623-624; Article: "Where Does Ebola Hide between Epidemics?"), Hantavirus Respiratory Syndrome (Text, p. 675), Legionnaire’s Disease (Text, p. 674), Lyme Disease (Text, p. 618-621), Mad Cow Disease (Text, p. 173-174, 588-590), SARS (Text, p. 149, 166, 675-677), West Nile Fever (Text, p. 585-586)

Reading

Textbook - Cowan and Talaro. 2009. Microbiology: A Systems Approach, 2nd Ed. McGraw-Hill, Dubuque, IA. (Text, p. The numbers in parentheses following each topic listing are the page numbers in the text to read to gain more insight into each topic.)
I have generated an extensive Microorganisms and Human Disease web site that includes study guides for you to use as supplements to the material I present in lecture.
- The button bar (Text, p. below) appears at the bottom of every page in the web site, and can be used to navigate to any other page in the site.
- The study guides contain links to other web sites in addition to material that I have written ... please understand that the web site is a dynamic entity (Text, p. e.g., it is continually being updated and improved) and use it as such.
I have also selected a number of articles for you to read.
- The titles of these articles are links in parentheses associated with the topic to which they pertain in the Course Outline (Text, p. above).
- If a link doesnot immediately open the article, you can find a copy in the Course Documents section of the the MBI 111 Blackboard Website.
- You are expected to read all these articles and be prepared to answer questions about them on the examinations to which they pertain.
- Some of these links will allow you to access Adobe pdf files, but this requires Acrobat Reader:
  - You can download a FREE copy of Acrobat Reader by clicking on this button:
  - Follow the instructions on the Adobe web page to be sure to down load the correct version for your computer's operating system
  - Finish up by following the instructions to instal Adobe Reader on your computer
I have also selected a number of videos for you to watch.
- The titles of these videos are links in parentheses associated with the topic to which they pertain in the Course Outline (Text, p. above).
- You are expected to watch all these videos and be prepared to answer questions about them on the examinations to which they pertain.

Withdrawal Policy

If a student drops a 15-week course before the end of the 3rd week of classes (Text, p. 20% of course), the course will be removed from the record.
If a student drops a course between the 6th and 9th weeks of classes, a grade of "W" will be recorded.
A student cannot normally drop a 15-week course after the 9th week of classes; the only way to drop at this point is by petition.
Read Section 1.2.C of Chapter 2 of Part 1: Undergraduate Academic Regulations of the 2009-2010 Student Handbook for more details.
I have also placed an complete version of this policy on the Micro FAQs web page.

Credit/No-Credit Courses

Warning: Nationwide studies have shown that credit/no-credit grades on your academic record may be a negative factor in evaluation of your application for admission or employment by most professional schools (Text, p. law, medicine, etc.), by many graduate schools, and by some employers and undergraduate schools. Before enrolling for courses on a credit/no-credit basis consider what effect it may have upon your career goals.

The following are only the most problematic of the Credit/No-Credit rules ... A full-text version can be accessed in Section 1.2.H of Chapter 2 of Part 1: Undergraduate Academic Regulations of the 2009-2010 Student Handbook ... or on the Micro FAQs web page.

01.208.E. “Credit” (Text, p. X) will be granted for grades C through A; “no-credit” (Text, p. Y) will be granted for grades C- or less.
01.208.H. Course status may not be changed from credit/no-credit to letter grade nor from letter grade to credit/no-credit after 20 percent of the class meeting times have elapsed.
01.208.I. Registration in a course on a credit/no-credit basis requires the permission of the instructor except in Miami Plan or University Requirement courses.

Students should consult with the chief departmental adviser of their department of major with questions pertaining to courses that may be taken on a credit/no-credit basis.

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Please email questions and comments to:
John R. Stevenson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Microbiology
Miami University
Oxford, Ohio 45056
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111 Microorganisms and Human Disease

Course Outline - Fall 2009

Principles of Disease, Microorganisms as Parasitic Agents, and Epidemiology

Impact of Infectious Diseases on Development of Human Societies

Human Defenses against Parasitism

Diseases Transmitted by Skin Infection

Diseases Transmitted by Respiratory Infection

Diseases Transmitted by Oral or Gastrointestinal Infection

Diseases Transmitted by Genitourinary Infection

Reading

Withdrawal Policy

Credit/No-Credit Courses

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Microorganisms and Human Disease