WHY IS MICROBIOLOGY IMPORTANT TO HEALTH PROFESSIONALS?

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Additional Resources:
Singh, U. S. and Kapoor, K. “Introduction to Microbiology,” and “Microbial Cell Structure,” in Introductory Microbiology, 2010. Global Media, Jaipur IND. 2010. eISBN: 9789350431238
Mishra and Agrawal. “Chapter 1: Introduction,” in A Concise Manual of Pathogentic Microbiology, Wiley, Somerset NJ. 2013. eISBN: 9781118301210
Course Overview
Welcome to MIC 100 – Microbiology! This is a fascinating course designed to give students an overview of the microbial world, the beneficial aspects of microbes, and the role of microbes in human disease. We will emphasize the public health aspects of infectious disease, mode of transmission of disease, pathogenicity, inducible host resistance, antigens and antibodies, disease prevention, and the principles of microbial control.
Did you know that during the past century alone more than 500 million people have died of infectious diseases and nearly 5 billion have suffered from debilitating infectious diseases? Compare this number to the less than 100 million people who have died as a result of war-related casualties in the past 500 years. (Mishra and Agrawal 2013).