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PART 1 MICROBIAL BIOLOGY Microbiology and Medicine. Morphology andnature of micro-organisms. Classification and identification ofmicro-organisms. Bacterial growth and physiology. Antimicrobial Agents.Bacterial genetics. Sterilization and disinfection. Bacterial pathogenicity.Virus-cell interactions: antiviral agents. PART 2 INFECTION AND IMMUNITYImmunological priniciples: antigens and antigen recognition. Innate andacquired immunity. Immunity in viral infections. Parasitic infections:pathogenesis and immunity. Immunity in bacterial infections. PART 3BACTERIAL PATHOGENS AND ASSOCIATED DISEASES Staphylococcus. Steptococcus andenterococcus. Coryneform bacteria, listeria and erysipelothrix.Mycobacterium. Enviromental mycobacteria. Actinomyces, nocardia andtropheryma. Bacillus. Clostridium. Neisseria and moraxella (branhamella).Salmonella. Shigella. Escherichia. Klebsiella, enterobacter, proteus andother enterobacteria. Pseudomonads and non-fermenters. Campylobacter andhelicobacter. Vibrio, mobiluncus, gardnerella and spirillum. Haemophilus.Bordetella. Legionella. Brucella, bartonella and streptobacillus. Yersinia,pasturella and francisella. Non-sporing anaerobes. Treponema and borrelia.Leptospira. Chlamydia. Rickettsia, orientia, ehrlichia and coxiella.Mycoplasmas. PART 4 VIRAL PATHOGENS AND ASSOCIATED DISEASES Adenoviruses.Herpesviruses. Poxviruses. Papovaviruses. Hepadnaviruses. Hepadnaviruses.Parvoviruses. Picornaviruses. Orthomyxoviruses. Paramyxoviruses. Arboviruses:alphaviruses, flaviviruses and bunyaviruses. Togavirus and hepaciviruses.Arenaviruses and filoviruses. Reoviruses. Retroviruses. Caliciviruses andastroviruses. Coronaviruses. Rhabdoviruses. Transmissible spongiformencephalopathies (prion disease). PART 5 FUNAL PATHOGENS, PARASITICINFECTIONS AND MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY Fungi. Protozoa. Helminths. ArthropodsPART 6 DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND CONTROL OF INFECTION Infective syndromes.Diagnostic procedures. Strategy of antimicrobial chemotherapy. Epidemiologyand control of community infections. Hospital infections. Immunization.