Prerequisites: graduate standing; and consent of instructor

Description: Overview of how cellular and system-wide responses to viral infections promote or prevent viral diseases. Topics include emerging viruses, innate and adaptive immunity, vaccines, impacts of host genetics and biological sex, and animal models. Approaches the subject matter from the standpoint of developing host-targeted treatments for viral diseases.

Credit: May be taken Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC) with consent of instructor and graduate advisor. Credit is awarded for one of the following MCBL 229 or MCBL 129.