Parasite Immunology

Syllabus

The order of lectures is subjected to change.

1. Sleeping sickness(Kolářová)

2.  Malaria (Kolářová)

3. Leishmaniases (Kolářová)

4. Chagas disease (Kolářová)

5. Vaccines (Kolářová)

6. Toxoplasmosis (Kolářová)

7. Cryptosporidiosis and Giardiasis (Kolářová)

8. Immunodiagnostics (Kolářová)

9.  Schistosomosis (Macháček)

10. Intestinal helminthoses (Macháček)

11. Tissue helminthoses (Macháček)

12. Helminths: vaccines, immune evasion (Macháček)

Annotation

Winter Semester 2022: IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND THIS COURSE TAUGHT IN ENGLISH, please contact dr. Iva Kolářová via e-mail using [e-mail].

Parasite immunology is an advanced course that requires the basic knowledge in immunology and parasitology. This course is suitable for master and PhD students.

Aim of the course is to provide information about host immune mechanisms operating against selected groups of parasites, including protozoa, helminths and ectoparasites. You will learn details about the relationship between parasites and particular host immune mechanisms, parasite immune evasion mechanisms and immunopathology of parasitic infections.