B8010 Zoonoses

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2001
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Zdeněk Hubálek, DrSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Zdeněk Hubálek, DrSc.
Department of Experimental Biology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Zdeněk Hubálek, DrSc.
Prerequisites
B4090 General microbiology
Exams: General microbiology, General virology, System and phylogenesis of invertebrates, System and phylogeny of vertebrates.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Types of human infections according to the source: anthroponoses, zoonoses and sapronoses. Epidemic process. Natural focality of diseases. Emerging infections. Epidemiological surveillance, prevention of microbial zoonoses and sapronoses. Haematophagous arthropods (ixodid ticks, insects) as vectors of microbial diseases. Vertebrates as hosts of microbial zoonoses and sapronoses. A systematic survey of microbial zoonoses and sapronoses. Distribution and ecology of their etiologic agents: viruses, rickettsiae, other bacteria, microfungi, protozoa (the latter only briefly).
Literature
  • HUBÁLEK, Zdeněk. Mikrobiální zoonózy a sapronózy (Microbial zoonoses and sapronoses). 1.vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2000, 153 pp. ISBN 80-210-2446-1. info
  • Lékařská speciální mikrobiologie a parazitologie. Edited by Marek Bednář - Andrej Souček - Jiří Vávra. Praha: Triton, 1994, 226 s. ISBN 80-901521-4-7. info
  • Rosický B., Daniel M. a kol.: Lékařská entomologie a životní prostředí. Praha 1989.
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Přednáška 1x týdně, ústní zkouška.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Autumn 2000.
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