Course: Special Virology

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Course title Special Virology
Course code KBB/SVPSB
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.
Course content
Viruses of bacteria, fungi, plants, invertebrates and vertebrates, their characteristics and classification. Significance of viral infections, their epidemiology, prevention, control measures and therapy. Legislation relating to plant and mammal viruses. Bacteriophages as model organisms. Industrial and biotechnological use of viruses. Viroids, satellite nucleic acids and prions.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
Learning outcomes
Introdusing students into the problems of plant and veterinary virology, with an emphasis on the originators of economically important viral diseases.
Student is able to (after attending the course): - popsat schéma taxonomického systému virů a jejich významné rody a čeledi - vyjmenovat lékařsky nebo ekonomicky významných virových druhů včetně jejich biologických charakteristik - popsat principy preventivních opatření proti šíření lékařsky nebo ekonomicky významných rostlinných nebo živočišných virů - interpretovat a diskutovat poznatky o realizaci různých intervenčních a prevenčních opatření
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam

Written test extent of the lectures, min 70% correctly answered questions.
Recommended literature
  • Žemla, J., Čiampor, F., Labuda, M. (1995). Špeciálna virologie. SAP, Bratislava.


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): Molecular and Cell Biology (2021) Category: Biology courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter