Unit 5 and 6 Discussion

Unit 5 Discussion
Viral Strategies

Imagine yourself to be a virus and you need to establish infection in an organ of your choice.

Discuss the innate and adaptive immune responses, including the roles of neutrophils, monocyte, macrophages, antigen, antibody, and B and T-cell mediated responses, that you will need to overcome along with their attributes to establish the infections and the type of immunodeficiency you will be benefited by.

Unit 6 Discussion
Bacterial Pathogens

Choose any one of the bacterial pathogens and discuss its appearance, staining reaction, culture characteristics, disease caused and mechanism of disease.

When responding to your classmates be sure to note similarities and differences between the bacterial pathogens both of you chose.  How do these influence virulence?

Keep the discussions separate. They should be at least 100 words each.