The lecture Immunology in the 5th semester offers a comprehensive overview of the current state of knowledge in immunological research and also includes important veterinary questions.
Content and Objectives of the Lecture Immunology
In the 28-hour lecture Immunology important aspects of innate and acquired immunity are explained. It includes the following aspects:
- Innate Immunity
- Adaptive humoral immunity
- Adaptive cellular immunity
- Immune response against bacteria and viruses
- Immunotolerance using BVD MD as an example
- Immunity against fungi and tumors
- immunodeficiencies
- Leishmaniasis Th1 vs Th2
- Regulatory T cells and autoimmunity
- Immunity in the nervous system
- Type I and IV Hypersensitivity
- Type II and III Hypersensitivity
- Immunological Therapies
- Virus evasion and defence against mycobacteria (tuberculosis)
Passing the examination in Immunology is a prerequisite for admission to the examinations in Bacteriology/Mycology, Parasitology and Virology.