Prevention and Treatment of Infectious Diseases
Objectives
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To describe the different types of (viral) licensed vaccines and their advantages and disadvantages;
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To understand the scientific grounds of contemporary methodologies used in the development and production of new vaccines;
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To explain the scientific basis of therapeutic interventions against viral diseases and antiviral-drug resistance mechanisms;
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To describe the mechanisms of action of antibiotics and associated resistance mechanisms;
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To name antibiotic sensitivity tests and to describe their fundamentals;
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To perform antibiotic sensitivity tests and to interpret their results;
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To understand the principles of antimicrobial therapy and to discuss consequences of antibiotic misuse;
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To recognize new approaches to the monitoring and control of hospital infection.
General characterization
Code
10121
Credits
2.0
Responsible teacher
Isabel Maria dos Santos Leitão Couto, João Mário Brás da Piedade
Hours
Weekly - 1
Total - 19
Teaching language
Português
Prerequisites
Not applicable.
Bibliography
Ashiru-Oredope D, Hopkins S (2015). Antimicrobial resistance: moving from professional engagement to public action. J Antimicrob Chemother. 70:2927-30.
Chang HH, et al. (2015). Origin and proliferation of multiple-drug resistance in bacterial pathogens. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev. 79:101-16.
Flint SJ, et al. (2009). Principles of Virology, ASM Press, Washington DC, 3rd Ed (vol. II).
Loomis RJ, Johnson PR (2015). Emerging vaccine technologies. Vaccines (Basel). 3:429-47.
Lorian V (2005). Antibiotics in laboratory medicine. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, USA, 5th Ed.
Zhu JD, et al. (2015). Broad-spectrum antiviral agents. Front Microbiol. 6:517.
Teaching method
Evaluation method
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