- Docente: Stefania Varani
- Credits: 1
- SSD: MED/07
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 8415)
Learning outcomes
The student should recognize the main characteristics of virus, bacteria, protozoa and helminths that are responsible for tropical infections, their transmission routes, the pathogenic mechanisms and the main diagnostic methods for identification of these microorganisms.
Course contents
- Leishmaniasis
- Arthropod-borne viral infections: Zika virus, Dengue virus, Yellow Fever virus, Chikungunya virus
- Intestinal helminthiasis (geo-helminths)
- Schistosomiasis
- Filariasis
- Parasitic infections of immunocompromised hosts
Readings/Bibliography
Useful websites:
http://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/Pages/home.aspx
http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/yellowbook/2014/table-of-contents
Teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods
Written exam (multiple answer test)
Teaching tools
In-class lectures will be supported by Power Point slides. Slides will be online available at the end of each lecture. The teaching material is available at https://iol.unibo.it/ by using student's username and password
Office hours
See the website of Stefania Varani
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.