FOCUS ON INFECTIOUS DISEASE: ROLE OF INTESTINAL BACTERIA IN AUTOIMMUNITY AND CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASES

Course overview

1. Identify four contributions intestinal bacteria make for the health of a host. 2. Correlate how altered gut microbia contributes to poor immune response and the development of debilitating disease processes. 3. Describe therapeutic interventions that target intestinal bacteria. 4. Indicate the role that stress, anxiety, and depression plays on altering gut microbia and compromising the body¿s immune response.