Course: Human Virology

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Course title Human Virology
Course code KBB/HUVIR
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Navrátil Milan, prof. RNDr. CSc.
  • Grycová Aneta, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
- Viruses - pathogens; resistance to viral infection/the immune system; prevention and prophylaxis of infections; basic epidemiological concepts - Infectious viral diseases in childhood - Respiratory tract viral infections and eye infections - Viral gastroenteritis - Viral hepatitis - Human herpesviruses - Viruses and tumours - Arboviruses and dangerous viral diseases - Legislation governing mandatory reporting, isolation, quarantine, hygiene measures and penalties for the spread of viral diseases.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
Learning outcomes
Introducing students to problems of human virology: human viral diseases, clinical and pathological aspects of viral infections, their epidemiology, and prevention of viral infections.
Student will be able (after attending the course): - describe main human viral diseases, and their classification - describe the basic clinical and pathological aspects of viral pathogenesis, their epidemiology, and prevention and control against their spreading - explicate and discuss findings and realization of control and/or preventive measurement
Prerequisites
A basic knowledge of biology and genetics.

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam

Written test extent of the lectures, min. 70%.
Recommended literature
  • Bednář, M. a kol. (1996). Lékařská mikrobiologie. Marvil.
  • Collier, L. a Oxford, J. (2006). Human Virology (3rd edition). .
  • Rajčáni, J., Čiampor, F. L. (2005). Lekárska virológia. Bratislava.
  • Votava, M. a kol. (2003). Lékařská mikrobiologie speciální. Neptun (Brno).


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Experimental Biology - Specialization in Experimental Biology (2021) Category: Biology courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Molecular and Cell Biology (2021) Category: Biology courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter