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Parasite Immunology - MB160P35
Title: Imunologie parazitárních nákaz
Czech title: Imunologie parazitárních nákaz
Guaranteed by: Department of Parasitology (31-161)
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Actual: from 2023
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 3
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/0, Ex [HT]
Capacity: unlimited
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: cancelled
Language: English
Explanation: nahrazeno MB160P75E
Note: enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: RNDr. Iva Kolářová, Ph.D.
Incompatibility : MB160P75E
Is incompatible with: MB160P75E
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Annotation -
Last update: RNDr. Iva Kolářová, Ph.D. (03.09.2022)
Winter Semester 2022: IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND THIS COURSE TAUGHT IN ENGLISH, please contact dr. Iva Kolářová via e-mail using iva.kolarova@natur.cuni.cz.

Parasite immunology is an advanced course that requires the basic knowledge in immunology and parasitology. This course is suitable for master and PhD students.

Aim of the course is to provide information about host immune mechanisms operating against selected groups of parasites, including protozoa, helminths and ectoparasites. You will learn details about the relationship between parasites and particular host immune mechanisms, parasite immune evasion mechanisms and immunopathology of parasitic infections.

Minimum of 5 students is required to start the course.
Literature -
Last update: RNDr. Iva Kolářová, Ph.D. (20.09.2022)

Gillespie, Pearson: Principles and Practice of Clinical Parasitology. Wiley 2001
Lamb: Immunity to parasitic infections. Wiley 2012
Reviews in Nature ReviewsTrends in ParasitologyFrontiers and other related scientific journals
PDFs of lecture presentations are provided in Moodle.

Requirements to the exam -
Last update: RNDr. Iva Kolářová, Ph.D. (20.09.2022)

Students can choose from two study evaluation options, while the transition from Option 1 to Option 2 is possible:

Option 1 - Continuous assessment:

Study control will take place continuously during the semester, in the form of short tests given for each lesson via the Moodle. It will be possible to complete the tests during the week following the given lesson. Students will be allowed to use all available materials/notes during the tests. For each test, students will have one attempt within the set time limit. It will be possible to obtain up to 20 points for each of the tests (12x20 = 240 points). One additional final test (30 points) will be assigned at the end of the semester; this one will cover all lessons.  In total, students can get 12x20 + 30 = 270 points during the course. The final grade will be determined as follows: excellent (“1”) = 270-243 points, very good (“2”) = 242-189 points, good (“3”)= 188-162 points, failed (“4”)= 161-0 points.

To indicate that the student selects Option 1 for his/her final evaluation, he/she has to enroll in SIS for the exam date on January 2, 2023.

Option 2 - Exam:

Three exam dates will be announced during the exam period. The exam will take place in the form of a written test. Students will NOT be allowed to use their materials/notes. The test may contain different types of tasks: multiple-choice, free-response, and others. In order to successfully pass the exam, it is necessary to obtain at least 60% points. The final grade will be determined as follows: excellent (“1”) = 90-100%, very good (“2”) = 71-89%, good (“3”) = 60-70%, failed (“4”) = 0-59%. 

In case the student will transit from Option 1 to Option 2, the points obtained during the  continuous assessment tests (Option 1) do NOT count into the evaluation based on Option 2.

 

In case of justified requests, the student can take an oral examination.


               

Syllabus -
Last update: RNDr. Iva Kolářová, Ph.D. (06.09.2021)

The covered topics include:

 

Sleeping sickness

Malaria

Leishmaniases

Chagas disease

Vaccine development

Toxoplasmosis

Giardiasis & Cryptosporidiosis

Immunodiagnosis

Schistosomosis

Intestinal helminthoses

Tissue helminthoses

Entry requirements -
Last update: RNDr. Iva Kolářová, Ph.D. (06.09.2021)

Immunology of Parasitic Diseases is an advanced course that requires the basic knowledge in immunology and parasitology. This course is suitable for master and PhD students.

 
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