Introduction to Microbial Genetics
Introduction to Mutations
Horizontal Gene Transfer
Bacterial Transformation
Transduction
Introduction to Conjugation
Introduction to Taxonomy
Scientific Naming of Organisms
Members of the Bacterial World
Introduction to Archaea
Introduction to Eukarya
Introduction to Viruses
Introduction to Bacteriophage Infections
Animal Viruses: 1. Attachment to the Host Cell
Animal Viruses: 2. Entry & Uncoating in the Host Cell
Animal Viruses: 3. Synthesis & Replication
Animal Viruses: DNA Virus Synthesis & Replication
Animal Viruses: RNA Virus Synthesis & Replication
Animal Viruses: Antigenic Drift vs. Antigenic Shift
Animal Viruses: Reverse-Transcribing Virus Synthesis & Replication
Animal Viruses: 4. Assembly Inside Host Cell
Animal Viruses: 5. Release from Host Cell
Acute vs. Persistent Viral Infections
Viroids
Prions
Characteristics of Infectious Disease
Stages of Infectious Disease Progression
Koch's Postulates
Introduction to Epidemiology
Introduction to Chain of Infection
Reservoirs of Infection
Disease Transmission
Horizontal Disease Transmission
Colonization of Susceptible Host
Factors Influencing Epidemiology
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Healthcare-Associated Infections
Epidemiological Studies