- Docente: Leonardo Calza
- Credits: 2
- SSD: MED/17
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Professional education (cod. 8477)
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from Apr 09, 2024 to May 22, 2024
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student will know the basic principles about the epidemiology of infectious diseases, their diffusion and strategies for primary and secondary prevention. Moreover the student will know the most important problems about lifestyles characterized by social marginality and negligence of basic health principles.
Course contents
- Epidemiology and prevention of infectious diseases.
- Respiratory tract infections: flu, alveolar and interstitial pneumonia, pulmonary tuberculosis, COVID-19
- Gastro-intestinal infections: cholera, minor salmonellosis
- Viral hepatitis
- Skin and soft tissue infections
- Infectious osteomyelitis, infectious arthritis
- Infectious endocarditis
- Viral and bacterial meningitis
- Arthropod-borne infections: Lyme disease
- Sepsis
- HIV infection and AID
Readings/Bibliography
- L. Calza. Principi di Malattie Infettive. V Edizione. Esculapio, 2022.
- M. Moroni, R. Esposito, S. Antinori. Malattie Infettive. Masson, 2014.
- Bennett JE, Dolin R, Blaser MJ. Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. 8th Edition. Elsevier Saunders, 2015
Teaching methods
Frontal lessons.
Assessment methods
Oral test.
Teaching tools
In-depth bibliography.
Office hours
See the website of Leonardo Calza