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Laurea magistrale a ciclo unico in Medicina e chirurgia - Enrollment from 2025/2026Human retroviruses: HIV and AIDS (Corso Elettivo) (2020/2021)
Teaching code
4S001012
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
1
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
BIO/11 - MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Period
2° semestre dal Feb 22, 2021 al May 28, 2021.
Learning outcomes
Description of the discovery, the origin and epidemiology of HIV.
Description at the molecular level of the infectious cycle, structure, morphology, genome variability and serotypes.
Description of the infection, pathogenesis, genetic resistance to the virus.
Therapeutic approaches, development of new drugs and microbicides, issues related to the development of the vaccine, new therapeutic perspectives.
Program
Discovery
Origin
Epidemiology
Infectious cycle
genome
structure
resistance to HIV
Pathogenesis
Treatment and HAART
Vaccines
Microbicides
New therapeutic perspectives
A cure for AIDS
| Author | Title | Publishing house | Year | ISBN | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G. Maga | AIDS, la verità negata (Edizione 1) | Zanichelli | 2014 | 978-8-849-00480-9 | |
| G. Maga | Occhio ai virus (Edizione 1) | Zanichelli | 2016 | 978-88-08-17380-5 | |
| David Quammen | Spillover. L'evoluzione delle pandemie | Adelphi | 2014 | 978-8-845-92929-8 |
Examination Methods
Suitability based on attendance (at least 4 lessons out of 5)
Dates and time: 8 - 13 - 15 - 20 - 22 April 2021, 15-17*.
Location: zoom link**
Recommended year(s): 1-6
*: dates and times will be definitively confirmed as soon as the timetables of the frontal lessons of the second semester of the teacher will be available.
**: the zoom link will be provided close to the first lesson to the enrolled students
