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| TMIK622 | Advanced Virology - II | 1+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Third Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 1 hour of lectures per week | | Lecturer | -- | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | Include largely the presentation of special and detailed aspects of medically important RNA viruses. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | Be able to describe Orthomyxoviruses and give an account on the antigenic drift and antigenic shift aspects of Influenza A virus.
| 1,3 | 5 | | PO - 2 : | Be able to describe special features of measles, mumps, parainfluenza viruses and RSV in relation to infections they cause
| 1,3 | 5,6 | | PO - 3 : | Be able to give describe the general features of picorna viruses and give an account on the paralytic poliovirus infection as well as coxackie virus infections.
| 1,3 | 3 | | PO - 4 : | Distinguish hepatotropic viruses with respect to their oral-fecal and paranteral transmission and gain a detailed knowledge on the special features
| 1,3 | 5 | | PO - 5 : | Be able to describe Retroviridae family and give acquire special knowledge about HIV-1 and | 1,3 | 5 | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| General features of Orthomyxoviridae, Paramyxoviridae, Picornaviridae and Retroviridae family of viruses and hepatitis viruses including hepatitis B virus are studied in detail with special reference to their epidemiologic and disease causing features. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Orthomyxoviridae family; Influenza viruses, antigenic shift/drift and reassortment mechanisms and their significans. Also cover flu infection and diagnostic lab techniques
| | | Week 2 | Paramyxoviridae family of viruses; RSV, Parainfluenza viruses; their general aspects including disease they cause and diagnostic lab techniques | | | Week 3 | Paramyxoviridae family of viruses; Measles and metapneumoviruses; their general aspects including disease they cause and diagnostic lab techniques
| | | Week 4 | Picornaviridae family; polioviruses and coxackie viruses, infections they cause and diagnostic lab techniques | | | Week 5 | Retroviridae family of viruses; HTLV-1, II and HIV. | | | Week 6 | visit to library | | | Week 7 | mid exam | | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 9 | Hepatitis viruses; General features of hepatitis viruses transmitted by Oro-feacal route
| | | Week 10 | Hepatitis viruses; Patogenesis and laboratory diagnosis of hepatitis viruses transmitted by Oro-feacal route
| | | Week 11 | Hepatitis viruses; General features of hepatitis viruses (B and C) transmitted by paranteral route
| | | Week 12 | Mid exam | | | Week 13 | Hepatitis viruses; Patogenesis of hepatitis viruses (B and C) laboratory diagnosis | | | Week 14 | Visit to infectious diseases' wards | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Şemsettin Ustacelebi (editor), Temel ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji,1999, Güneş Kitapevi. | | | 2 | A. Tevfik Cengiz (Editör), Mikrobiyoloji, 2004, Güneş Kitapevi | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 8
12 | 9/11/2009
9/11/2009 | 60
60 | 30 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 12 | 10/11/2009 | | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 17 | 19/11/2009 | 60 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 1 | 16 | 16 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 3 | 16 | 48 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 10 | 2 | 20 | | Arasınav | 1 | 2 | 2 | | Uygulama | 1 | 2 | 2 | | Klinik Uygulama | 1 | 2 | 2 | | Ödev | 6 | 2 | 12 | | Proje | 3 | 4 | 12 | | Kısa sınav | 2 | 2 | 4 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 20 | 2 | 40 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 159 |
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