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DATE
TOPIC
LECTURER
ASSIGNMENT

Feb  9

Respiratory Diseases:  Tuberculosis across the US/Mexico border

Review paper--written and class presentation

Research idea: begin literature review

Molecular Evolution SARS... PDF

Dynamics of Pathogens ...PDF

Table S1.... PDF

Feb  16

Respiratory Diseases:  Influenza pandemics.

Dr. Sue Fisher-Hoch

Review paper--written and class presentation

Development of Specific Aims

TB—A New Target, a New Drug

A Diarylquinoline Drug Active...

The Science of Social Diseases

New TB Drug Promises...

Feb  23

Viral Diseases:  The origins of HIV.  How a viral disease really emerges.

Review paper--written and class presentation

Continue background and literature review.

 

Beatrice Hahn.pdf

Mar. 2 Viral Diseases:  Cancer as a viral disease.  HPV and the border.

Dr. Cosette Wheeler

Review paper written and class presentation

Complete background with referenced literature review

Mar 9
SPRING BREAK
   
Mar 16

 

Bacterial diseases:  Cysticercosis:  Biology and epidemiological challenges.

Review paper--written and class presentation

Methods:  techniques and study populations

Garcia PDF

Maguire PDF

Sotelo PDF

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