Infection Biology - Clinical Perspectives

Aim

In this course the students will obtain advanced knowledge of infectious medicine, medical microbiology, and virology within the fields of chronic infections, biomaterials, global medicine, and perinatal infections. LEARNING OUTCOMES By the end of the course the students will be able to: Knowledge and understanding -Describe the mode of action of different microorganisms pathogenic to humans -Define the interactions between the human host and the infectious agent, from molecular to clinical level and apply this knowledge to describe clinical manifestations -Apply the principles of mode of actions of virulence factors on the defence of the human body Competence and skills -Design and carry out laboratory experiments to investigate molecular mechanisms in the interactions between microorganisms and human cells Judgement and approach -Understand, analyze and critically discuss scientific papers in the field of infection biology

Content

-Microorganisms infecting the human body -The host response to infectious micro organisms -Virulence strategies and mechanisms exerted by the pathogenic micro organism -The ecology of human flora of microorganisms - normal flora and pathogens -Microorganisms and the immune system -Vaccines and vaccine development -Antimicrobial agents and resistance to them -Epidemiology of human infectious diseases -Zoonosis -Infectious diseases in the perspective of global medicine -Emerging infectious diseases -Infections and human genetics