Biology 301 - Infectious Diseases

Infectious Diseases and Society
Spring, 2025

Arndt F. Laemmerzahl, instructor

alaemmer@gmu.edu

Contact information, office hours, etc. can be found here.

NOTICES:

The exact diseases and the order in which we cover them may change from what is listed below.

More detailed information about the disease summaries and presentations is here: pdf.
A list of diseases that folks in the class have signed up to do for their disease summary will be listed here:

Basic information on topics, exams, dates, etc. can be found in the syllabus: pdf.

Lecture notes:

Lecture notes are listed below. They are provided in pdf only. Notes are organized by topic, not by date. Exact topics may vary a bit from what is given below (see the syllabus).

Lecture topic:	Format	Comments

Introductory material	pdf
The immune system	pdf
Viruses, Bacteria, protozoa, & fungi!	pdf
Antibiotics, antivirals, other treatments & evolution	pdf
Parasites (I)	pdf
Parasites (II)	pdf
The common cold	pdf
Influenza	pdf
Polio	pdf
Smallpox	pdf
Anthrax	pdf
Plague	pdf
Other diseases I	pdf	Yellow fever, typhoid, tetanus, botulism
Other diseases II	pdf	E. coli, salmonella, rabies, HPV
Cholera	pdf
AIDS	pdf
Tuberculosis	pdf
Malaria	pdf
Covid-19	pdf	*Will be updated for spring 2025*