GENERAL AND APPLIED HYGIENE
IGIENE GENERALE E APPLICATA
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| 2020/2021 | 8 |
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| Giulia Amagliani |
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Course with optional materials in a foreign language
English
This course is entirely taught in Italian. Study materials can be provided in the foreign language and the final exam can be taken in the foreign language. |
Assigned to the Degree Course
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Learning Objectives
The course aims to provide knowledge about: the factors influencing the transition from healthy conditions to disease; the application of traditional and molecular epidemiology for disease study and prevention; the pathogenetic mechanisms of communicable diseases and diagnostic techniques. The course also aims to give knowledge about development and use of vaccines for infectious diseases control and prevention.
Program
1-Introduction to Hygiene and general aspects
2-Main factors of disease
Risk factors and causal effects.
3- Epidemiology methods
Descriptive, analytic and experimental epidemiology.
4- Molecular epidemiology
Biomarkers in Preventive and Predictive Medicine
5- Elements of statistics in epidemiology
Evaluation of experimental data
6- Methodology of prevention
Aims and methods of primary, secondary and tertiary prevention.
Prevention strategies (individual protection, control, elimination and eradication of diseases)
7- Laboratory diagnosis
Molecular techniques for diagnosis of infectious diseases and microbial identification
8- Response to infections
Aspecific and immune response. Antigens, antibodies and immune cells involved in immune response.
9- Vaccines and active immunoprophylaxis
Traditional and biotechnological vaccines. Reverse vaccinology. Vaccine costituents. Adjuvants. Development of new vaccines. Vaccine schedules. Mandatory and recommended vaccines.
10- Passive immunoprophylaxis and chemioprophylaxis
11- Epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of some main infectious diseases
12- Fundamentals of antibiotics and their mechanisms of action.
13- Epidemiology of infections caused by antibiotic resistant microorganisms
14- Epidemiology and prevention of Non communicable diseases. Screening.
Teaching Material
The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it
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