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| SBIM0489-1 | Virology Part 1
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| Duration : | 7h Th |
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| Lecturer : | Nathalie Jacobs |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the first semester, review in January |
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Course contents :
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| This course is an overview on virus diversity in term of morphology, genetic materials, modes of replication and interaction with the host. Classical methods of virus detection are also addressed. The illustrative examples are principally virus involved in human pathologies or virus studied in ULg research laboratories.
Lecture plan
- Virus structures and classification
- Virus production and cycles
- Virus Infection and host response (included detection of virus infection)
- Transmission and control of virus infections
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| To enable the student to understand and explain:
- virus molecular and morphologic characteristics,
- virus replication,
- interactions between virus and hosts,
- classical methods of virus detection and identification.
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| General biology course |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| The course is divided in 4 face-to-face lectures. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Slide presentation is available on "eCampus" portal before the lecture. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Multiple-choice questionnaires |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| Questions related to the course must be posted on the forum of "eCampus" portal. |
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Contacts :
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| Nathalie Jacobs, Cellular and Molecular Immunologyl-Virology, CHU B34 + 5, University of Liege, Sart-Tilman, 4000 Liège, Belgium. Phone: +32(0)43662420, fax: +32(0)43664198, n.jacobs@ulg.ac.be(n.jacobs@ulg.ac.be) |
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