Course Information
Line Number 177351
Course Name LM735 - Advanced Clinical Microbiology And Immunology Iii
Course Description
The virology part of this course discusses advanced concepts relating to select human viral pathogens, including pathogenesis, relevant clinical symptoms, treatment, and diagnostic criteria. Course also includes discussions of latest virology research articles. The parasitology part of the course merges classical and modern medical parasitology. It provides detailed knowledge and understanding of the parasites of medical importance, specialized skills in: advanced diagnostic and immunological aspects of the subject. Students learn the up to date laboratory techniques used in the identification of different parasite stages in clinical specimens. The molecular diagnostic methods used to identify the species of the parasite or the genotype to distinguish between pathogenic and non-pathogenic parasites that are morphologically indistinguishable (e.g., Entamoeba histolytics/E. dispar, Cryptosporidium, Plasmodium spp. and Leishmania spp.). The biological and clinical perspectives gained in this course will assist students in the recognition, evaluation and management of public health problems and clinical practice especially involving medically important protozoa.