BMB806: Infectious disease immunology (5 ECTS)

STADS: 01003601

Level
Master's level course

Teaching period
The course is offered in the autumn semester.

Teacher responsible
Email: gh@ssi.dk

Timetable
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Comment:
Max deltagerantal: 16 - kurset er et ph.d. -kursus som kan tages af både kandidat- og ph.d. –studerende

Prerequisites:
Bachelor's degree in biomedicine, molecular biology or similar.

Academic preconditions:
Students taking the course are expected to:

• Have knowledge of basic immunology
• Be able to use retrieve and use new literature on (infection) immunology

Course introduction
The aim of the course is that the student achieves knowledge and detailed understanding of mechanisms in infectious disease occurrence/spreading and basic biological mechanisms of human infectious diseases. This is important in regard to reading and understanding new literature on infection immunology and in regard to presentation of current results and problems in infection immunology.

The course builds on the knowledge acquired in the courses BMB512 (immunology) or similar, and gives an academic basis for studying infection immunology in a master or phd project.

In relation to the competence profile of the degree it is the explicit focus of the course to:

• Give the competence to understand and present problems and new results in molecular (infection )immunology
• Give skills to read and present articles and to define and carry out projects in molecular (infection) immunology
• Give knowledge and understanding of molecular (infection) immunology.

Expected learning outcome
The learning objectives of the course are that the student demonstrates the ability to:

• Describe, compare and discuss properties of selected pathogenic vira, bacteria, fungi and parasites
• Describe and discuss the role of innate and adaptive immunology in protection against infectious diseases
• Describe, compare and discuss dominant infectious diseases (e.g. malaria, tuberculosis, AIDS)
• Describe, compare and discuss selected digestive system infections
• Describe, compare and discuss selected airway infections
• Describe and use basic principles of diagnosis, treatment and prevention of infectious diseases
• Read, understand  and critisize new literature on infectious disease immunology
• Present and discuss issues and problems in infectious diseases immunology

Subject overview
The following main topics are contained in the course:

• Pathogenic vira, bacteria, fungi and parasites
• Innate and adaptive immunology in protection against infectious diseases
• Dominant infectious diseases (e.g. malaria, tuberculosis, AIDS)
• Digestive system infections
• Airway infections
• “New” infectious diseases
• Diagnostics of infections
• Treatment of infections (incl. resistance)
• Prevention of infections

Literature

Udleverede noter og artikler.

Website
This course uses e-learn (blackboard).

Prerequisites for participating in the exam
None.

Assessment and marking:

1. Individual project assignment graded according to the Danish 7-mark scale. Internal censorship. (5 ECTS). (01003602).

Expected working hours
The teaching method is based on three phase model.
Intro phase: 20 hours
Skills training phase: 30 hours, hereof:
 - Tutorials: 20 hours
 - Laboratory exercises: 10 hours

Educational activities

Educational form
Activities during the study phase:

• Reading of articles
• Litterature searching
• Article presentations
• Individual project

Language
This course is taught in English, if international students participate. Otherwise the course is taught in Danish.

Remarks
The course has limited seats and in case of too many applications, priority is given to the timely registration by date of registration.

Course enrollment
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Tuition fees for single courses
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