An Introduction to Infectious Diseases

Arm yourself with scientific facts about bacterial infections, viruses, vaccines, and more in this engaging course by an award-winning professor and physician.

• By This Professor
• 01: The Dynamic World of Infectious Disease
• 02: Bacteria: Heroes and Villains
• 03: Viruses: Hijackers of Your Body's Cells
• 04: Moldy Menaces and Fungal Diseases
• 05: Milestones in Infectious Disease History
• 06: Antibiotics: A Modern Miracle Lost?
• 07: Which Germs in Your Daily Life Matter?
• 08: Six Decades of Infectious Disease Challenges
• 09: Vaccines Save Lives
• 10: The Immune System: Our Great Protector
• 11: Zoonosis: Germs Leap from Animals to Humans
• 12: Tick-Borne Diseases: A Public Health Menace
• 13: Food-Borne Illness: What's Your Gut Feeling?
• 14: Respiratory and Brain Infections
• 15: Flesh-Eating Bacteria and Blood Poisoning
• 16: STDs and Other Infections below the Belt
• 17: Stay Out of the Hospital!
• 18: The Nemesis of Mankind: HIV and AIDS
• 19: Malaria and Tuberculosis: Global Killers
• 20: Global Travel, War, and Natural Disasters
• 21: Influenza: Past and Future Threat
• 22: Bioterrorism: How Worried Should We Be?
• 23: Emerging and Reemerging Diseases
• 24: Outbreak! Contagion! The Next Pandemic!