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Laurea magistrale a ciclo unico in Medicina e chirurgia - Enrollment from 2025/2026Emerging Viruses and zonosis (Corso Elettivo) (2018/2019)
Teaching code
4S007509
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
1
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
BIO/11 - MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Period
Corsi elettivi 2° semestre dal Feb 18, 2019 al May 31, 2019.
Learning outcomes
Emerging Viruses: definition, epidemiology, dynamics, zoonoses.
Description of the characteristics, biology, the infectious cycle, epidemiology, as well as the prospects for development of drugs and / or vaccines against emerging viruses that raised public attention and concerns in recent years (Hantavirus, Arbovirus, West Nile , Chikunguya, Nipah, Hendra, Monkeypox, etc.).
Particular focus on the following pathogens: SARS coronavirus and MERS coronavirus, influenza (including avian flu and swine flu), Ebola Virus / Maburg, HIV and AIDS.
At the end of the course, students will be able to understand how biological, epidemiological, molecular and adaptive mechanisms can determine the appearance of new infectious agents.
Program
Introduction
Definition
Epidemiology
Dinamics
Zoonoses
West Nile, Chikunguya, Nipah, Nedra, Monkeypox
Hantavirus, Ebola, Marburg, other Arboviruses
Spanish flu
Avian flu
Swine flu
SARS coronavirus
MERS coronavirus
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
Frequency-based (at least 4 out of 5 lessons)
Date and time: 5-7-12-14-19 March 2019, 3.30 pm
Room section of Biology and Genetics, Biological Institutes, B block
Recommended years: 2-3-4-5-6