97199 - Antiviral and Antiretroviral Therapy

Academic Year 2023/2024

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 8415)

Learning outcomes

Knowledge of most important drugs employed for treament of viral infections.

Course contents

  1. Antiviral agents: general features
  2. Drugs for viral infections of airways
  3. Drugs for herpes virus infections
  4. Drugs for viral chronic hepatitis
  5. Antiretroviral therapy for HIV infection

Readings/Bibliography

Leonardo Calza. Principi di Malattie Infettive. V Edizione. Esculapio Editore, 2022.

Teaching methods

Frontal lessons with explainatory slides.

Assessment methods

Oral test.

Teaching tools

Avalable on the course web site.

Office hours

See the website of Leonardo Calza