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| VDOC0027-1 | Vector biology
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| Duration : | 18h Th |
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| Lecturer : | Bertrand Losson |
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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 second semester |
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Course contents :
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| This advanced course aims at the acquisition of fundamental knowledges pertaining to vectors in the frame of emerging or reemerging diseases. Several definitions are introduced such as vectorial competence and capacity, biological and mechanical vectors, biological and non biological transmission, diapauses, solenophagy, telmophagy, vertical and transtadial transmissions ... The course aims also at the study of arthropod and non-arthropod vectors: morphology, biology, direct and indirect pathogenic impact. The main groups of vectors or pseudo vectors are studied: insects, acarines, mollusks ... |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| To remind fundamental knowledges about the studied organisms, to identify the key factors which play a role in the epidemiology of the vectorial diseases, to acquire the expertise for the identification of the main groups of vectors (at the family or genus level). Allow the implementation by he participants of relevant control measures for each group of vectors. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| General biology, general microbiology, epidemiology applied to medical sciences, medical and veterinary entomology. |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| The practicals consist in the examination of typical examples belonging to different orders or families : Muscidae, Tabanidae, Calliphoridae, Glossinidae, Hippoboscidae, Culicidae, Ceratopogonidae, Phlebotomidae, Ixodidae, Acaridiae, Siphonaptera, Phtiraptera. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| The time table is established on an annual basis by the coordinator. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Reference textbooks:
- Veterinary Entomology. Eds R. Wall et D. Shearer, Chapman and Hall, 1997.
- Medical Entomology. Eds B.F. Eldridge et J.D. Edman, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004.
A hard copy of each lecture is provided to the students by the coordinator. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| The evaluation is organised by the coordinator with participation of all participating lecturers. |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| Coordinator : Prof. Claude Saegerman
Email : claude.saegerman@ulg.ac.be |
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Contacts :
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| Prof. Bertrand Losson
Parasitologie - Maladies parasitaires
Faculté de Médecine vétérinaire - ULg
20, bd de Colonster, B43
4000 Liège
Email : blosson@ulg.ac.be |
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