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MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY
cod. 14958

Academic year 2008/09
1° year of course - Second semester
Professor responsible for the course unit
OSSIPRANDI Maria Cristina
integrated course unit
6 credits
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Course unit structured in the following modules:

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Learning objectives

The student is expected to acquire basic knowledge of bacterial cells, viruses and immune phenomena.

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Course unit content

<br />BACTERIOLOGY, SHAPE, SIZE AND SPATIAL ARRANGEMENT CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE OF PROKARYOTIC CELLS. WALL-DEFECTIVE BACTERIA. THE SPORE. NUTRITION AND METABOLISM. CULTIVATION. REPRODUCTION. GENETICS. PATHOGENIC ACTION. FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF DINSINFECTION AND ANTIBIOTICS. BACTERIAL IDENTIFICATION. GENERAL TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MAIN SPECIES OF VETERINARY INTEREST. VIROLOGY. CHEMICAL COMPOSITION, SIZE AND STRUCTURE. BACTERIOPHAGES. CULTIVATION. TITRATION. GENERAL TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MAIN VIRUSES OF VETERINARY INTEREST, NON-CONVENTIONAL INFECTIOUS AGENTS. IMMUNOLOGY. PHAGOCYTES AND PHAGOCYTOSIS. ANTIGENS AND IMMUNOGENS HUMORAL IMMUNITY: LYMPHOID ORGANS, LYMPHOCYTES, ANTIBODY PRODUCTION, ANTIBODY CLASSES AND STRUCTURE. LOCAL AND CELL-MEDIATED IMMUNITY. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY RESPONSE, MEMORY, LYMPHOCYTE RECIRCULATION. NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL ACTIVE IMMUNITY. NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL PASSIVE IMMUNITY. COMPLEMENT SYSTEM. INTERFERON. IMMEDIATE AND DELAYED IMMUNE HYPERSENSITIVITY SEROLOGIC REACTIONS. 

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Bibliography

ABBAS A.K., LICHTMAN A.H., POBER S.J.: Immunologia cellulare e molecolare, Piccin, Padova, 1993. /P> <br />
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DAVIS B.D., DULBECCO R., EISEN H.N., GINSBERG H.S: Microbiology, Harper and Row, Hagerstown, IV ed. <br />
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POLI G., COCILOVO A.: Microbiologia e Immunologia Veterinaria, Utet, Torino, 1996.

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