BIO825 Diagnostic Microbiology and Immunology

[2–3, 3 cr.]

This course covers the biochemical, serological, and automated, methods used  in the laboratory diagnosis of infectious diseases. The laboratory part of the course allows for a better understanding through application. Topics include the monoclonal antibody production, detection of fluorescent antibodies, enzyme- linked immunosorbent assay, radioimmunoassay, gas-liquid chromatography, high performance liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry, time-resolved immunofluorescence, nucleic acid probes in clinical diagnostics, and diagnostic virology and parasitology.

Note: This course has been unavailable since 2016–2017.