Semester:
6th Semester
Weekly Teaching hours:
6
Credits:
6
eClass Link:
https://bisc.uniwa.gr/course/iologia/
Course Tutors
Irene Karamichali, Anna Kolliopoulou, Apostolos Beloukas
The course’s theoretical syllabus aims to introduce students to the basic concept of virology and the study of viruses, according to their physiology and morphology, genetics, as well as their biochemical mechanism which binds the relationship between the host and the virus. Moreover, the effect of the viral infections, the viral active multiplication in host cells, pathogenesis, therapy, and prevention of infection should be apprehended, too. The purpose of the course is also the acquisition of skills in isolation, detection and identification of viruses using serological and molecular methods.