Microbiology · Module 9 · Disease, virulence and epidemiology

Disease, Virulence and Epidemiology Walkthrough

The microbes that live on us, how an infection becomes a disease, the tools pathogens use to get in and do damage, and how diseases spread through a community and how we stop them. Go at your own pace. Nothing here is graded.

Speed

Think of it like this

Quick check

Wrong answers are fine here. Read why, then try again.

Dr. Akash Garg · Microbiology Study Tools · Diagrams are simplified and not to scale. For learning only, not medical advice. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Use the left and right arrow keys to move between steps. Practice next in the Disease and Epidemiology Lab. Microbes, cells and people are drawn as simple cartoons with rounded teaching numbers, and events that take days or years are sped up so you can watch them.