MCO 602 Molecular Parasitology
The class meets the need for a graduate-level course in the science of parasitology, with considerably reduced emphasis on the parasites of humans except as they particularly relate to a topic in cutting- edge science of parasitology. Thus in addition to covering examples of diseases created by the taxonomic spectrum of parasites, there would be emphasis on scientific themes, including such topics as immunology at the host-parasite interface, the molecular biology behind var gene complexes, how worms can alter host responses to suit their own survival, parasites as initiators of malignant transformation and parasite ecology.