Microbiology and Immunology at the University of South Carolina ...

Microbiology and Immunologyat the University of South Carolina

School of Medicine

Department URL: http://www.med.sc.edu/micro

On-line Microbiology and Immunology textbook URL: http://www.med.sc.edu/micro/book/welcome.htm

E-mail for information and corrections: [email protected]

Person responsible for information etc: Dr Richard Hunt

Based on the information given to USC second year medical students

Contains over seventy sections, each of which corresponds to a lecture in the medical student course.

Although the text is based on lecture notes, it has been enhanced by addition of numerous illustrations consisting of original figures, micrographs and disease symptoms.

Many of the micrographs and illustrations of disease come from public domain databases around the world plus private sites from which copyright clearance has been obtained – making the site an archive of microbiology teaching images

Each section is linked to sites on the Internet

Sections are also linked to sub-pages on our site in the form of pop-up information boxes

Terms with which the reader may not be familiar are linked to an on-line medical dictionary

Recently, the National Library of Medicine has put several genetics and cell biology books on the web - the appropriate sections of those books are being linked to the text in our book to give the reader further information.

Also included: Animations using Macromedia Flash Animations using Microsoft PowerPoint

Molecular modeling files of proteins

These use the Chime browser plug-in which is based on the RasMol program.

Most sections of the book are accompanied by:

PowerPoint slide files, mostly of use to faculty in other institutions

Each of the 70 sections is in HTML format – click on chapter number

Acrobat portable document files (pdf) as lecture notes

BACTERIOLOGY CHAPTER ONEThe Prototype Bacterial CellCHAPTER TWO Classification and Identification of Infectious AgentsCHAPTER THREENutrition, Growth and Energy MetabolismCHAPTER FOUR Cell Envelope, spores and Macromolecular BiosynthesisCHAPTER FIVE Antibiotics - Cell EnvelopeCHAPTER SIXAntibiotics - Protein Synthesis, Nucleic Acid Synthesis and Metabolism CHAPTER SEVEN BacteriophageCHAPTER EIGHT Exchange of Genetic InformationCHAPTER NINE Genetic Regulatory Mechanisms

CHAPTER TEN General Aspects of Bacterial PathogenesisCHAPTER ELEVENEnterobacteriaceae CHAPTER TWELVEStreptococciCHAPTER THIRTEENStreptococcus pneumoniae and StaphylococciCHAPTER FOURTEENNeisseria and SpirochetesCHAPTER FIFTEENAnaerobes and Pseudomonas - Opportunistic InfectionsCHAPTER SIXTEENMycobacteria, Corynebacteria and LegionellaCHAPTER SEVENTEENZoonosesCHAPTER EIGHTEENBordetella and HaemophilusCHAPTER NINETEENMycoplasma and UroplasmaCHAPTER TWENTY ChlamydiaCHAPTER TWENTY ONERickettsia

IMMUNOLOGY CHAPTER ONEInnate (non-specific) immunityCHAPTER TWOComplementCHAPTER THREEAntigensCHAPTER FOURThe structure and function of immunoglobulins - antibodiesCHAPTER FIVEClasses of immunoglobulins: isotypes and allotypesCHAPTER SIXThe genetics of idiotypesCHAPTER SEVEN Antibody-antigen reactions and test for these reactionsCHAPTER EIGHTAntibody formation

CHAPTER NINECells involved in immune responsesCHAPTER TENMajor histocompatibility complexCHAPTER ELEVENResponse to antigenCHAPTER TWELVECell-mediated immunityCHAPTER THIRTEENImmunoregulationCHAPTER FOURTEENImmunizationCHAPTER FIFTEENMajor histocompatibility complex - genetics and role in transplantationCHAPTER SIXTEENTolerance and autoimmunityCHAPTER SEVENTEENHypersensitivity statesCHAPTER EIGHTEENTumor immunologyCHAPTER NINETEENImmunodeficiencies

VIROLOGY CHAPTER ONEDefinitions, Classification, Morphology and ChemistryCHAPTER TWOVirus replication StrategiesCHAPTER THREEDNA Virus Replication Strategies CHAPTER FOURRNA Virus Replication Strategies CHAPTER FIVEViral Genetics CHAPTER SIXOncogenic VirusesCHAPTER SEVENHuman Immunodeficiency VirusCHAPTER EIGHTMolecular Approaches to the Development of Viral VaccinesCHAPTER NINEViral Chemotherapy CHAPTER TEN - PART ONEEnteroviruses

CHAPTER TEN - PART TWORhinovirusesCHAPTER ELEVENHerpesvirusCHAPTER TWELVEVirus-Host InteractionsCHAPTER THIRTEENInfluenza virusCHAPTER FOURTEENMumps, Measles CHAPTER FIFTEENRubellaCHAPTER SIXTEENParainfluenza-, Respiratory Syncitial- and Adeno- VirusCHAPTER SEVENTEENRotaviruses and Other Agents of Viral GastroenteritisCHAPTER EIGHTEENHepatitis Viruses CHAPTER NINETEENHepatitisCHAPTER TWENTYRabies and Other Vertebrate ZoonosesCHAPTER TWENTY ONEArboviruses and Other Zoonotic Viruses CHAPTER TWENTY TWOConventional and Unconventional Agents (Slow Viral Diseases) CHAPTER TWENTY THREEBacteriophage

PARASITOLOGY CHAPTER ONE Intestinal and Luminal ProtozoaCHAPTER TWO Blood ProtozoaCHAPTER THREE The Molecular Biology of TrypanosomiasisCHAPTER FOUR NematodesCHAPTER FIVE CestodesCHAPTER SIX Trematodes CHAPTER SEVEN Arthropods

MYCOLOGY CHAPTER ONE IntroductionCHAPTER TWO ActinomycetesCHAPTER THREE YeastsCHAPTER FOUR Superficial MycosesCHAPTER FIVE Filamentous FungiCHAPTER SIX Dimorphic Fungi

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