Curriculum Objective
Objective
Global Objectives
Upon completion of this problem, students should be able to describe the pathogenesis and progression of HIV infection and the role the virus plays in causing long-term immunosuppression. Students will be able to describe how long-term immunosuppression can result in opportunistic infections.

Curriculum Block

Part 5 / Integration Foundation / Host Defense and Neoplasia
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Activities

Tutorial

Tags

Basic Sciences
Microbiology Immunology Epidemiology
Curriculum Block
Part 5 Integration Foundation Host Defense and Neoplasia
Curriculum Week
IF
Discipline
Allergy and Immunology Infectious Diseases
MCC Presentations
Fever in the Immune Compromised Host / Recurrent Fever
McMaster Program Competencies
2.2 Apply biomedical scientific principles fundamental to health care for patients and populations.
MeSH
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections [C02.597.050] Immunosuppression [E02.095.465.425.450] Immunocompromised Host [G12.470] Disease Progression [C23.550.291.656 Opportunistic Infections [C02.597] HIV Infections [C20.673.480] Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome [C20.673.480.040]

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Host Defence & Neoplasia Tutorial Cases

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