Duration
7h Th
Number of credits
| Bachelor in dentistry | 1 crédit | |||
| Bachelor in medicine | 1 crédit |
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, genetic materials, modes of replication and interaction with the host. Classical methods of virus detection are also addressed. The illustrative examples are principally virus involved in human pathologies or virus studied in ULg research laboratories.
Lecture plan
- Virus structures and classification
- Virus production and cycles
- Virus Infection and host response (included detection of virus infection)
- Transmission and control of virus infections
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
To enable the student to understand and explain:
- virus molecular and morphologic characteristics,
- virus replication,
- interactions between virus and hosts,
- classical methods of virus detection and identification.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
General biology course
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
The course is divided in 4 face-to-face lectures.
Recommended or required readings
Slide presentation is available on "eCampus" portal after the lecture.
Written exam (multiple choice questions)
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
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.be/lcmi