Microbial Pathogenesis, Symptoms and Diagnostic Procedures

Education facts

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Learning outcomes for the course include: The student should be able to describe basic mechanisms of emergence and development of infectious diseases and give manifestations in the form of molecular, physiological and morphological changes that may occur. Further, the student should be able to compare different microbial infection strategies and explain how infectious diseases or their manifestations can be diagnosed. The course contains sections that include the pathogenicity and virulence of different microorganisms (bacteria, virus, fungus, protozoans), how different symptoms arise, how host and microorganism interact and also the principles of diagnosis and prophylaxis.

Entry requirements

20 ECTS in Chemistry of which at least 5 ECTS in Biochemistry; 60 ECTS in Biomedicine including Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cell Biology and at least 10 ECTS in Immunology.

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Microbial Pathogenesis, Symptoms and Diagnostic Procedures

  Umeå University

  Start date: 7 October 2026

  End date: 1 November 2026

  Pace of study: 100 %