Course Date: 13th February 2012
Course Duration: 1 month
Location: Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, L3 5QA
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
Price: Please see website for more details
Course objectives:
Programme IntroductionThis course aims to provide students with knowledge and critical understanding of the interaction of eukaryotic parasites with the immune system of humans and other mammalian hosts and to examine ways in which protection against these diseases might be achieved by vaccination. Learning OutcomesUpon successful completion of this module, students will be able to: Explain the nature of humoral and cell-mediated immune responses to parasitic infections Discuss the role of cytokines in the modulation of anti-parasitic responses Explain why inappropriate immune responses can have undesirable immune-pathological consequences Discuss immune evasion strategies that parasites employ and explain their significance to chronic infection Use current research to explain how anti-parasite vaccination might be achieved Apply a range of immunological techniques and critically interpret the outcomes Pre-requisitesA knowledge of Parasitology & Vector Biology is required.
