IMMUNOLOGY
IMM150S
Prof. Muhammad Nakhooda
()
Programme: Biotechnology
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Cape Town Campus
, The objectives/outcomes
1. Understand diseases and epidemiology
2. Demonstrate an understanding of the fundamental
definitions of immunology
3. Discuss the history of immunology
4. Explain clonal selection and expansion
5. Discuss the various ways in which the body can
protect itself against infectious diseases
6. Differentiate between innate and acquired
immunity
7. Discuss the principles of vaccination
2
, Emerging Infectious Diseases
“….are diseases of infectious origin whose incidence in humans has
increased within the recent past or threatens to increase in the near
future.”
• Included are:
– those that appear in new geographic areas,
– those that increase abruptly,
– re-emerging diseases after a period of dormancy/ quiescence, or a
decline in incidence.
, Emergence may be due to:
- the spread of a new agent,
- the recognition of an infection present but not
detected in the population
- realization that an established disease has an
infectious origin
IMM150S
Prof. Muhammad Nakhooda
()
Programme: Biotechnology
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Cape Town Campus
, The objectives/outcomes
1. Understand diseases and epidemiology
2. Demonstrate an understanding of the fundamental
definitions of immunology
3. Discuss the history of immunology
4. Explain clonal selection and expansion
5. Discuss the various ways in which the body can
protect itself against infectious diseases
6. Differentiate between innate and acquired
immunity
7. Discuss the principles of vaccination
2
, Emerging Infectious Diseases
“….are diseases of infectious origin whose incidence in humans has
increased within the recent past or threatens to increase in the near
future.”
• Included are:
– those that appear in new geographic areas,
– those that increase abruptly,
– re-emerging diseases after a period of dormancy/ quiescence, or a
decline in incidence.
, Emergence may be due to:
- the spread of a new agent,
- the recognition of an infection present but not
detected in the population
- realization that an established disease has an
infectious origin
