Immunology and Immunopharmacology (BUMK_081)
About Study Course
Objective
Provide knowledge of innate organism resistance, mechanisms of resistance. Provide knowledge of the body’s immune system, immune cells, cytokines, signal transmission and cell activation. The types and mechanisms of the immune response. The importance of humorous and cellular immunity to bacterial, viral, immunoglobulins, their classes and their importance. Provide knowledge of immune pathology, hypersensitivity reactions, their mechanisms. Provide knowledge of immunisations, types of vaccines, mechanisms for their operation. Provide knowledge of serodiagnostics, types of serological responses, molecular diagnostic methods, their operating principles.
Prerequisites
In biology, anatomy, histology, biochemistry, microbiology.
Learning outcomes
1.After completing the study course, students will be able to describe micro-organisms and the most relevant human parasites, describe their prevalence in the environment, understand and explain their pathogenicity and role in the origin of infectious diseases and interaction processes with macro-organisms.
1.As a result of completing the study course, students will be able:
• to evaluate the aetiology of illnesses, sources of infection, transmission routes, pathogenesis, epidemiological hazard, prevention.
1.By combining theoretical knowledge with practical skills, students will have the opportunity to apply them in the form of a unified integrative understanding of the importance of bacterial and viral pathogenicity factors in the aetiology of the disease, and will be able to apply them to the mechanisms of pathogenesis and interaction with the host organism.
Study course planning
| Study programme | Study semester | Program level | Study course category | Lecturers | Schedule |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pharmacy | 7 | Master's | Required | Ingus Skadiņš, Anastasija Dovbenko |
