Mims\' Medical Microbiology and Immunology résumés

Notes for a clinical mircobiology module taught in the third year if a biomedical science degree. These detailed notes cover; biology, epidemiology, routes of transmission, pathogenesis, treatment and prevention, of blood bourne viral infections, using hepatitis B virus and HIV as examples.

Notes on the topic of epidemiology for a clinical microbiology module taught in the third year of a biomedical science degree. Notes cover basic epidemiological definitions including; prevalence, incidence, emerging diseases, re-emerging diseases, case fatality rate, and mortality rate. The notes discuss what defines a case as well as notifiable diseases. Mathematical models in epidemiology are discussed, including attack rate, basic reproduction rate, and net reproductive rate.

Notes on the topic of infection in compromised host for a clinical microbiology module taught on the third year of a biomedical science degree course. Notes cover fungal and parasitic infections in compromised hosts.

Clinical microbiology notes for third year biomedical science bachelors degree. Detailed notes on urinary tract infections covering; aetiology, pathogenesis, clinical features, laboratory diagnosis, treatment and prevention.

This is a brief of a 2500 word essay talking about the different strains of E.coli and how they cause diarrhoea.

These are notes on tuberculosis taught in a clinical microbiology module in the third year of a biomedical science degree course. The notes cover the pathogenesis, clinical features, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of tuberculosis.

Notes discussing the efficacy of vaccination programmes using the smallpox vaccinne, the polio vaccine, the MMR vaccine and the rotavirus vaccine, as examples. These notes are for a clinical microbiology module taught in the third year of a biomedical science degree.

Notes covering the topic of toxins produced by microorganisms to aid in survival and in defence against the host immune system. This topic is taught in a clinical microbiology module on the third year of a biomedical science degree. These notes cover the mechanisms of action of the toxins produced by microorganisms, and human diseases caused by such toxins, including; botulism, tetanus, cholera, shigellosis, and food-poisoning.

Detailed notes covering antimicrobial agents for a clinical microbiology module on a biomedical science degree, in the third year. The notes detail; antibiotic resistance mechanisms, the genetics of antibiotic resistance, antibiotic susceptibility tests, antibacterial agents, antiviral agents, antiparasitc agents, and antifungal agents.