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The Outline ofInfections and Immune Response

  1. Basic Teaching Information

Course Code:2030610013002

Course TitleInfections and   Immune Response

FacultyBasic Medical   Sciences

Targeted Studentin medical   sciences, life sciences, pharmacy, public health, other related disciplines

Course Credit1

Lecture Hours

consisted of ___16__ theoretical hours and ___0__   practical hours

Course

Leader

NameYuchen Xia

E-mailyuchenxia@whu.edu.cn

OfficeRoom 407,   Building 3, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wuhan University

Mobile

Course

Staff

NameShuliang Chen

E-mailchen-shuliang@whu.edu.cn

OfficeInstitute of   Medical Virology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wuhan University

Mobile

Course Type一般通识课程General Course

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Course Introduction

Pathogens, including viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites, can cause severe health issues, and negative impacts on economic growth as well as social stability. This underscores the need for knowledge of infection mechanisms and their outcomes. Infections and Immune Response intends to introduce students in medical sciences, life sciences or other related disciplines to the variety of infections and immune responses in humans.

Weekly meetings will cover both classic and newly emerged infectious agents and diseases, including HBV, HIV, Coronavirus, tumor virus, Helicobacter pylori, malaria, schistosomiasis, Cryptosporidium and Cestode infection. Lectures will be given by experts in these areas from Wuhan University, Technical University of Munich (Germany), Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine (US), Natural History Museum (UK) and Rush University Medical Center (US), Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (Korea).

This course focuses on infectious agents and interactions with host immune responses and anti-infectives at the cellular and molecular level. It consists of three main sections. (1) Viral infections: areas covered include structure of pathogens, viral life cycle, pathogenesis and host immune responses, diagnosis and treatments. Topics will be selected to present important concepts in the context of infections or co-infections and host immune responses and/or major challenges in controlling infections. Recent advances in understanding virus-host interactions, host responses to infections, global control strategies and elimination strategies will be emphasized. (2) Bacterial infections: Helicobacter pylori will be considered as specific examples, and how does Helicobacter pylori infect digestive tract and modulate the composition of gastrointestinal microbiota will be discussed. (3) Parasitic diseases: this course will systematically introduce the mechanisms of infection, immune evasion strategies and pathogenesis. More insight will be given into parasite-host interactions, epigenetic gene regulation, and immune responses to parasites. The global challenges in the field of treatment and control strategies will be also discussed.


The Allocation of Content and Lecture Hours

Content

Lecture Hours

Past, present and future of viral hepatitis

1.5

HIV infection and immune response

1.5

Insight into the malaria parasite-host interaction

1.5

Immune response in virus coinfection

1.5

Cestode infection and human disease

1.5

Coronavirus

2

Mechanisms of host-pathogen interaction during   chronic infection, inflammation and carcinogenesis

1.5

HBV and HDV

2

The global control and elimination of   schistosomiasis

1.5

Cryptosporidium infection and mucosal immunity

1.5


Assessment Methods and Marking Criterion

Assessment 1 - Comprehensive evaluation
Weighting: 60%
Criterion: attendance and class performance (quizzes or online discussions)

Assessment 2 - Essay in the interplay between host and pathogen
Weighting: 40%
Length: no less than 1000 words


Textbooks and References

  • Principles of Molecular Virology, Alan J. Cann, 6th Edition, 2015

  • Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, John E. Bennett, Raphael Dolin and Martin J. Blaser, 8th Edition, 2015

  • Medical Immunology, Gabriel Virella, 7th Edition, 2020

  • Primary literature