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Course Objectives
- To describe the morphology, culture, spread, biochemical activities, antigenic properties, pathogenesis, laboratory diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and control measures of various pathogens.
- To identify the organs most commonly affected by infections.
- To explain the relationship between infections, symptoms, relapses, and associated pathology.
- To understand the principles of microorganism control, including chemotherapy and vaccines.
- To demonstrate practical skills in fundamental microbiological techniques.
- To accurately present and interpret experimental results in both written and oral formats.
- To describe the structure, chemical composition, cultivation, and classification of viruses.
- To define key terms related to disease principles and epidemiology, such as normal and transient flora, opportunists, pathogens, infections, diseases, virulence, etiology, nosocomial infections, and patterns of disease spread (epidemic, endemic, pandemic).
- To compare and contrast living and non-living reservoirs of infection, using examples.
- To differentiate between disease transmission modes, including contact, vehicle, and vector transmission.
- To compare the stages of disease progression: incubation, prodrome, illness, decline, and convalescence.
- To differentiate between immediate and delayed hypersensitivity reactions (allergies), providing examples.
- To compare autoimmune diseases and immune deficiencies with relevant case studies.
- To analyse the immune response to tumors and cancer in comparison to transplant (graft) rejection mechanisms.