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mic_100_mod_4_hompage.docxModule 4 - Home
Pathogenicity and Immunology; Host resistance and the immune response
Modular Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this module, the student will be able to satisfy the following outcomes:
· Case
· Explain the components of the human immune system.
· Discuss a disease state of the immune system.
· SLP
· Explain and discuss host resistance and its importance in controlling pathogens.
· Discussion
· Discuss vaccines and the immune system.
Module Overview
In Module 3 we examined chemical control of microbes. We have our own biologic methods of controlling microbes that inhabit or attempt to invade our bodies. The concepts of immunity and the immune response will help you to understand how the human body fights infection and the components of the immune system that target specific pathogens.
First let's examine disease transmission and epidemiology . In our modern society and advanced medical skill in the U.S., we don't often think about outbreaks of disease . When you click on this link, notice the regions that have experienced outbreaks and how recently these outbreaks occurred.
As humans, we have several sophisticated systems that are constantly at work to protect us from disease. A pathogen's ability to cause disease depends on virulence factors that enable it to penetrate host tissues , and evade our defenses . It is particularly fascinating that some pathogens can actually render our defenses useless and even turn them against us!
Hospitals and the workplace are often incubators for disease. Read this article about Infectious Diseases in the Workplace to learn about some shocking diseases that are spread more and more easily throughout our country as travel becomes easier, our marketplace becomes more global, and employees are exposed to new threats.
Proceed to your Case and SLP assignments to review these concepts, explore some current disease epidemics in the U.S., and learn more about our immune system.
Module 4
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Home
PATHOGENICITY AND IM
MUNOLOGY; HOST
RESISTANCE AND THE I
MMUNE RESPONSE
Modular Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this module, the student will be able
to satisfy the following outcomes:
·
Case
o
Explain the components of the human immune system.
o
Discuss a disease state of the immune system.
·
SLP
o
Explain and discuss host resistance and its importance in
controlling pathogens.
·
Discussion
o
Discuss vaccines and the immune system.
Module Overview
In Module 3 we examined chemical control of microbes.
We have
our own biologic methods of controlling microbes that inhabit or
attempt to invade our bodies.
The concepts of immunity and the
immune response will help you to understand how the human body
f
ights infection and the components of the immune system that
target specific pathogens.
First let's examine disease transmission and
epidemiology
.
In our
modern society and advanced medical skill in the U.S., we don't
often think about
outbreaks of disease
.
When you click on this link,
noti
ce the regions that have experienced outbreaks and how
recently these outbreaks occurred.
As humans, we have several sophisticated systems that are
constantly at work to protect us from disease.
A pathogen's ability
to cause disease depends on
virulence f
actors
that enable it
to
penetrate host tissues
, and evade our
defenses
.
It is particularly
fascinating that some pathogens can actually render our
defenses
useless
and even turn them
against us!
Module 4 - Home
PATHOGENICITY AND IMMUNOLOGY; HOST
RESISTANCE AND THE IMMUNE RESPONSE
Modular Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this module, the student will be able
to satisfy the following outcomes:
Case
o Explain the components of the human immune system.
o Discuss a disease state of the immune system.
SLP
o Explain and discuss host resistance and its importance in
controlling pathogens.
Discussion
o Discuss vaccines and the immune system.
Module Overview
In Module 3 we examined chemical control of microbes. We have
our own biologic methods of controlling microbes that inhabit or
attempt to invade our bodies. The concepts of immunity and the
immune response will help you to understand how the human body
fights infection and the components of the immune system that
target specific pathogens.
First let's examine disease transmission and epidemiology. In our
modern society and advanced medical skill in the U.S., we don't
often think about outbreaks of disease. When you click on this link,
notice the regions that have experienced outbreaks and how
recently these outbreaks occurred.
As humans, we have several sophisticated systems that are
constantly at work to protect us from disease. A pathogen's ability
to cause disease depends on virulence factors that enable it
to penetrate host tissues, and evade our defenses. It is particularly
fascinating that some pathogens can actually render our defenses
useless and even turn them against us!
