Give a brief summary of microbial taxonomy with reference to the classical characteristics employed in microbial classification:
Discuss the role of phages in the elimination of bacterial pathogens:
Describe the steps you would take to identify Staphylococcus aureus from a patient’s blood sample:
Write briefly of the mode of transmission, clinical manifestation and diagnostic techniques of infections associated with the following medically important microorganisms: 3.1. Vibrio cholerae (10) 3.2. Candida albicans (10) 3.3. Schistosoma hematobium (10)
describe activation of CD4 helper T cells by interaction of the TCR with peptide fragments presented by class II MHC molecules on APCs
Describe cross presentation of antigen in which dendritic cells are able to capture and ingest a virus infected or tumor cell and present the antigen to naive CD8 T cells via the class I MHC pathway