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)
  • Grycová Aneta, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Viruses causal agents of human diseases. Resistance to viral infection, immunity. Prevention, prophylaxis and treatment of viral infections. Viruses and society. Viruses and tumors. Viruses of respiratory tract viruses and eye infections. Influenza virus. Viral gastroenteritis. Childhood viral infections. Herpetic viruses. Viral hepatitis. Rabies. Arboviruses. Exotic, dangerous infections. Prions. Legislation.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training)
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
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam

Written test extent of the lectures, min. 70% correctly answered questions.
Recommended literature
  • Bednář, M. a kol. (1996). Lékařská mikrobiologie. Marvil.
  • Collier, L. a Oxford, J. (2006). Human Virology (3rd edition). . Oxford University Press.
  • Rajčáni, J., Čiampor, F. L. (2005). Lekárska virológia. Bratislava, Veda.
  • 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