University of Leeds - Transmitting and Fighting Infectious Diseases
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Transmitting and Fighting Infectious Diseases at Coursera Overview
Duration | 7 hours |
Start from | Start Now |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
Transmitting and Fighting Infectious Diseases at Coursera Highlights
- Earn a certificate after completion of the course
- Assessment and quizzes
- Financial aid available
Transmitting and Fighting Infectious Diseases at Coursera Course details
- What you'll learn
- Compare bacteria, viruses and parasites as causes of infectious disease.
- Describe different modes of transmission of infectious agents.
- Understand what an antibiotic is and explain what is meant by resistance to antibiotics.
- Explain the basic components of the immune system and how it fights invading pathogens.
- Understanding how pathogens cause infections and how infectious diseases are transmitted is crucial for preventing and controlling the spread of illnesses.
- In this course, you will learn how diseases like the common flu spread, the mechanisms behind bacterial resistance, the body's defence mechanisms, and the importance of immunization.
- You will understand what pathogens like bacteria, viruses, fungi, or parasites are and discover how antibiotics work. You will then explore what causes resistance to antibiotics, a significant and growing problem worldwide, as it can make the treatment of bacterial infections more challenging and, in some cases, ineffective.
- The immune system is a complex network of cells, tissues, and organs working together to defend the body against harmful invaders like bacteria, viruses, fungi, and other pathogens. The course will help you understand the immune system's main components and how the innate and adaptive immune responses fight invading pathogens. You will explore immunisation and how it triggers the immune system to remember pathogens.
Transmitting and Fighting Infectious Diseases at Coursera Curriculum
Infectious diseases
Introduction from Michael
What's the difference between bacteria and viruses?
What do antibiotics do?
Welcome to the course
What causes infectious diseases?
What's the difference between bacteria and viruses?
What is a parasite?
Check your understanding
How do we get infections?
How are diseases transmitted?
Check your understanding
How do antibiotics work?
Reflecting on your assignment
Key points revisited
Reflection
Reflection on the week
Introduction from Michael
Methods of protection
Research task: Current challenges and developments
Research task: Assignment
Research revision task
Research revision task: Assignment
The immune system
How does our innate immune system respond to infection?
How does our adaptive immune system respond to an infection?
The week ahead
How does our innate immune system respond to infection?
Innate immune response to infection
Check your understanding
How does our adaptive immune system respond to an infection?
Differences in innate and adaptive immune responses
Check your understanding
What does immunization do?
How does immunization work?
Key points revisited
Next steps
Test your understanding
Assignment: Polio immunization
Research task: Eradicating Polio
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