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Infection and immunity provided by OpenLearn is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 12 hours worth of material. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from OpenLearn. The course is taught in Englishand is Free Certificate. Visit the course page at OpenLearn for detailed price information.

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12 hours worth of material
Self Paced
Overview

  • In this free course, Infection and immunity, you will be introduced to infectious diseases and to the biological agents that invade our bodies and cause them: pathogens. You will also learn about ...

Syllabus

    • Session1Session 1: Introducing human infectious diseases
    • Introduction
    • 1.1  What are infectious diseases?
    • 1.2  Symptoms and signs of infection
    • 1.3  Acute or chronic conditions
    • 1.4  What causes infectious diseases?
    • 1.5  Direct person-to-person transmission of pathogens
    • 1.6  Indirect person-to-person transmission of pathogens
    • 1.7  Animal-to-human transmission of pathogens
    • 1.8  The end of infectious diseases?
    • 1.9  Emerging infectious diseases
    • Session 1 quiz
    • Summary to Session 1
    • References
    • Acknowledgements
    • Session2Session 2: Scientific lessons from the history of infectious diseases
    • Introduction
    • 2.1  Origins of the scientific method
    • 2.2  Infant deaths in 19th-century England
    • 2.3  Waterborne infection in 19th-century England
    • 2.4  John Snow, cholera and the Broad Street pump
    • 2.5  John Snow’s experiment
    • 2.6  Edward Jenner, smallpox and vaccination
    • 2.7  Edward Jenner’s experiment
    • 2.8  Edward Jenner and the scientific method
    • 2.9  The eradication of smallpox
    • Session 2 quiz
    • Summary to Section 2
    • References
    • Acknowledgements
    • Session3Session 3: Pathogens and human infectious disease
    • Introduction
    • 3.1  How many pathogens cause human disease?
    • 3.2  Cells and their relationship to pathogens
    • 3.3  Organisms and their scientific names
    • 3.4  Introducing parasites and protists
    • 3.5  Ectoparasites and endoparasites
    • 3.5.1  Roundworms, hookworms and anaemia
    • 3.5.2  Tapeworms and epilepsy
    • 3.5.3  Filarial worms, elephantiasis and river blindness
    • 3.5.4  Flukes, freshwater snails and schistosomiasis
    • 3.6  Malaria and other protist diseases
    • 3.7  Fungal pathogens
    • 3.8  Bacterial pathogens
    • 3.8.1  Diarrhoeal diseases
    • 3.8.2  Lower respiratory infections
    • 3.9  Viral pathogens
    • 3.10  Prions
    • Session 3 quiz
    • Summary to Session 3
    • References
    • Acknowledgements
    • Session4Session 4: Immune defences against infectious diseases
    • Introduction
    • 4.1  Natural barriers against pathogens
    • 4.2  The immune response to infection
    • 4.3  Leukocytes: the cells of the immune system
    • 4.4  Innate immunity
    • 4.5  Adaptive immunity
    • 4.6  Counting leukocytes in blood samples
    • 4.6.1 The digital microscope
    • 4.6.2 Testing for the presence of infection
    • 4.7  Chickenpox: adaptive immunity in action
    • 4.8  Antigens and the specific recognition of pathogens
    • 4.9  Antibodies and B cells
    • 4.10  T cells in adaptive immunity
    • 4.11  Vaccination
    • 4.12  Opposition to vaccination
    • Session 4 quiz
    • Summary to Session 4
    • Conclusion
    • Take the next step
    • References
    • Acknowledgements

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