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Infectious Disease

Pathogens, transmission, immune responses, and strategies to prevent and control infectious disease.

21lessons
3quizzes
8–10hrs study
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1
What Is Infectious Disease?
2
Classifying Pathogens
3
Koch and Pasteur — Germ Theory
4
Modes of Transmission
5
Microbial Testing (Practical)
6
Disease in Agriculture — Plants
7
Disease in Agriculture — Animals
Q1
Checkpoint Quiz 1 — Causes of Infectious Disease
8
How Plants Respond to Pathogens
9
Physical and Chemical Responses in Animals
10
The Innate Immune System
11
Adaptive Immunity — Antigens and Antibodies
12
T Cells and Cell-Mediated Immunity
13
Primary and Secondary Immune Response
Q2
Checkpoint Quiz 2 — Responses and Immunity
14
Vaccination — Active and Passive Immunity
15
Hygiene, Quarantine and Public Health
16
Antibiotics and Antivirals
17
Pesticides and Genetic Engineering
18
Malaria and Dengue — Global Case Study
19
Historical and Cultural Disease Control Strategies
20
Indigenous Protocols and Bush Medicine
21
Environmental Management and Pandemic Control
MQ
Module Quiz — Infectious Disease

Module Snapshot

21lessons
3checkpoints
105MC questions
8–10hstudy time

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