Duration
7h Th
Number of credits
| Bachelor in biomedicine | 2 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
This course is an overview on virus diversity in term of morphology and genetic materials. The different type of infection and viral infection transmissions are also addressed as well as methods of virus detection and production. The illustrative examples are principally virus involved in human pathologies or virus studied in ULiège research laboratories.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
To enable the student to understand and explain:
- Virus molecular and morphologic characteristics,
- Virus infection and transmission between hosts
- Methods of virus detection, identification and production
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
General biology course
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
The course is divided in 4 face-to-face lectures.
Slide presentation is available on "eCampus" portal after the lecture.
Recommended or required readings
Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam (multiple-choice questionnaire and open questions), possibility of a written and oral examination in 2nd session
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Questions related to the course must be posted on the forum of "eCampus" portal.
Contacts
Nathalie Jacobs Cellular and Molecular Immunologyl-Virology, CHU B34 + 5, Phone: +32(0)43662420 n.jacobs@uliege.be www.giga.ulg.ac.be/lcmi