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Free choice courses
Human retroviruses: HIV and AIDS (Corso Elettivo) (2018/2019)
Teaching code
4S001012
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
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
Frequency-based (at least 4 out of 5 lessons)
Date and time: 2-4-9-11-16 April 2019, 3.30 pm
Room section of Biology and Genetics, Biological Institutes, B block
Recommended years: 2-3-4
