Advisor: Ghassan Matar, Ph.D., Professor and Vice Chairperson, Department of Experimental Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology ; Committee members: Alexander Abdelnoor, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Experimental Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology ;Dr. George Araj, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine ; Dr. Elias Rahal, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Experimental Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology ; Dr. Ghassan Awar, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Specialty Department of Internal Medicine.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 71-79)