The UCI Biology of Infectious Disease Graduate Training Program is part of the large, multidisciplinary Graduate Program in Cellular and Molecular Biosciences. The Biology of Infectious Disease Training Program functions as an area of study within the larger program, sharing a common core curriculum and admissions process. The Biology of Infectious Disease research interest group encompasses diverse experimental systems, including parasites, bacteria, fungi, viruses and disease vectors. The faculty members present a multi-disciplinary approach to the study of infectious disease and microbial pathology. Faculty research involves the study of bacterial pathogens such as Borrelia and Chlamydia, the protozoan agents of malaria, toxoplasmosis and sleeping sickness (Plasmodium, Toxoplasma and Trypanosoma), the viral pathogens Dengue virus and HIV, and the tick (Ixodes) and mosquito (Anopheles and Aedes) insect vectors that spread human pathogens that cause malaria, Lyme disease and Dengue fever.
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