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This course covers the pathological conditions related to body enzymes and hormonal system. It also covers the effect of toxic chemicals and drugs on body system and monitoring methods.

Course description:

This course provides the students with broad information about general properties and replication of viruses, epidemiology & immunity in viral infection, also this course gives the student information about general feature of fungi, fungal cell structure, classification & general reproduction, laboratory diagnosis of fungal infections (mycosis).

Course objectives:

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

1.    Identify general properties of viruses.

2.    Describe morphology, classification & replicative cycle of viruses.

3.    Practice how to collect, transport and store clinical specimens, and how to recognize the infecting viruses in this specimen.

4.    Perform different methods applied in laboratory diagnosis of viral infections (HIV and Hepatitis).

5.    Describe different properties, classification, and structure of medical fungi.

6.    Recognize different types of diseases caused by pathogenic fungi (mycoses) (superficial, cutaneous, subcutaneous,systemic and opportynistic mycoses).

7.    Discuss pathogenesis, mode of transmission, laboratory diagnosis and treatment of commonly distributed and medical important pathogens.