ECTS 6
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Coordinators
Prof. Katerina Chlichlia
Assoc. Prof. Ioannis Karakasiliotis
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Course Layout
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SECTION I (2h)

• Introduction to Virology

(General concepts on: What is a virus?/life cycle/genetics and genomics/emerging and re emerging viruses/ oncogenic viruses/ vector borne viruses)

SECTION II (4h)

Positive strand RNA viruses

• Picornaviruses : Polio and other viruses
• Flaviviruses: HCV and other viruses
• Coronaviruses: SARS and other viruses
• Hepaciviruses: HCV

SECTION III (5h)

Negative strand RNA viruses

• Orthomyxoviruses: Influenza
• Paramyxoviruses : Measles , Rubella
• Filoviruses: Ebola
• Rhabdoviruses: Rabies

SECTION IV (5h)

DNA viruses

• Papillomaviruses
• Polyomaviruses
• Herpesviruses : HSV1/2, VZV, CMV, EBV, Kaposi Sarcoma
• Poxviruses : Vaccinia
• Adenoviruses

SECTION V (2h)

• Retroviruses: HTVL I/II , HIV

SECTION VI (2h)

• Hepadnaviruses: HBV

SECTION VII (2h)

• Viral vectors in Gene Therapy

ECTS 5
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Coordinators
Prof. Anastasia Diakou
Assoc. Prof. Maria Panopoulou
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Course Layout
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SECTION I (4h)

• Molecular and Clinical Parasitology (Part 1)
• Biology and life cycle of human parasites, Pathophysiology of parasitic infections, Intestinal and urogenital protozoa
• Εntamoeba histolytica
• Giardia lamblia, Dientamoeba fragilis, Trichomonas vaginalis
• Balantidium coli
• Ιsospora belli, Sarcocystis, Cryptosporidium, Cyclospora

SECTION II (2h)

• Molecular and Clinical Parasitology (Part 2)
• Blood and tissue parasites, Arthropods
• Plasmodium spp, Leishmania, Τrypanosoma, Τοxoplasma, Babesia
• Arthropoda

SECTION III (4h)

• Molecular and Clinical Parasitology (Part 3)
• Helminths: Nematodes,Trematodes, Cestodes
• Ascaris lumbricoides, Ancylostoma duodenale, Necator americanus, Trichinella spiralis
• Schistosoma
• Taenia, Echinicoccus

SECTION IV (4h)

• Molecular and Clinical Mycology (Part 1)
• Fungal classification, structure and morphology
• pathogenicity and pathogenesis of fungal infections
• Superficial fungal infections

SECTION V (4h)

• Molecular and Clinical Mycology (Part 2)
• Systemic fungal infections
• Endemic dimorphic fungi

ECTS 5
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Coordinators
Prof. Katerina Chlichlia
Assoc. Prof. Aglaia Pappa
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Course Layout
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SECTION I (4h)

Introduction to Immunology

• Innate immunity to pathogens
• Adaptive immunity to pathogens (Humoral and Cell-mediated immune responses)

SECTION II (4h)

Immune responses to pathogenic microorganisms

• Immune responses to intracellular and extracellular bacteria (Staphylococcus, Mycobacteria etc.)
• Immune responses to viruses (Influenza, Polio, Measles, HIV, HSV, HPV)
• Immune responses to parasites and fungi (Trypanosoma, Leishmania, Schistosoma, Plasmodium, Candida)

SECTION III (2h)

• Pathogen-induced evasion of protective immune responses.

SECTION IV (2h)

• Microbiome, microbiota and host immune system.

SECTION V (4h)

Immunization – Vaccines

• Active Immunization, types of Vaccines, Adjuvants
• Design of new generation vaccines

ECTS 3
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Coordinators
Assoc. Prof. Aglaia Pappa
Asst. Prof. Marianthi Georgitsi

​Course Layout
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SECTION I (2h)

• Introduction to Polymorphisms in Host Genetics
• Prognostic significance of host gene polymorphisms​

SECTION II (2h)

• Lost genetic polymorphisms and therapy outcome
• Host genetic polymorphisms and desease severity

​SECTION III (2h)

• Inheritabe immunity to infectious diseases

SECTION IV (2h)

• Impact of host genetic polymorphisms on vaccine induced antibody response
• Genetic Polymorphisms in Host Innate Immune Sensor Genes

ECTS 2
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Coordinators
Prof. Ioannis Tentes
Asst. Prof. Katerina Katsani
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Course Layout
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SECTION I (2h)

Introduction to common host metabolic processes targeted by pathogens

• Main metabolic pathways (carbohydrate, lipid, protein) – energy metabolism
• Control mechanisms of host metabolism (substrates, intermediates, enzymes).
• Tissue/organ metabolic priorities and energy resources usage maintaining blood glucose homeostasis

SECTION II (2h)

How the host’s metabolic priorities are diverted as a result of pathogenic invasion

• The paradigm of bacterial infection
• The paradigm of Hepatitis C virus
• The paradigm of parasitic infection.

SECTION III (2h)

Nutrition and infection.

• Iron metabolism and infection.
• Μalnutrition and inflammation.

SECTION IV (2h)

Oncogenic viruses and metabolism.

• The common pathways of energy usage in viral infection and cancer.
• Oxidative stress, apoptosis and extreme metabolic scenarios.

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ECTS 2
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Coordinators
Prof. Katerina Chlichlia
Assoc. Prof. Ioannis Karakasiliotis
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Course Layout
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SECTION I (2h)

• Good Laboratory Practice and Good Manufacture Practice – strategies in managing health and safety

SECTION II (2h)

• Biosafety: Biologic agents – Biosafety Levels – Risk assessment

SECTION III (2h)

• Biosafety: Safety in working with bacteria and viruses

SECTION IV (2h)

• Biosafety: Safety in working with laboratory animals

Laboratory Courses

Coordinators
Prof. Konstantinos Mimidis
Assoc. Prof. Maria Panopoulou

ECTS 5
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Coordinators
Assoc. Prof. Maria Panopoulou
Assoc. Prof. Ioannis Karakasiliotis
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Course Layout
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SECTION I (4h)

• ​Introduction to molecular methods
• Current molecular technologies in infectious diseases diagnosis

SECTION II (4h)

• ​Advanced molecular diagnostic technologies in Infectious Diseases (NGS, microarrays, proteomics…)

SECTION III (4h)

• ​Current and future molecular diagnostics in Bacteriology
• Troubleshooting

SECTION IV (4h)​

• Current and future molecular diagnostics in Virology

ECTS 5
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Coordinators
Prof. Konstantinos Mimidis
Asst. Prof. Vassiliki Dalla
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Course Layout
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SECTION I (4h)

• International Medicine: a scientific discipline or a humanistic necessity
• International Medicine in Greece
• Introduction to International Medicine​

SECTION II (4h)

• ​Global Health​

SECTION III (4h)

• NCD-Diabetes as a global health issue
• Infections in Diabetes Mellitus
• Trauma from a global perspective
• Infections related to trauma

SECTION IV (4h)

• Integrated care for tuberculosis
• Global HIV epidemic
• Hepatitis A,B,C,D, E
• Malaria

ECTS 4​

Coordinators

Asssoc. Prof. Maria Panopoulou
Asst. Prof. Petros Rafailidis
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Course Layout
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SECTION I (3h)

• ​Classification of antimicrobial agents
• Mode of action of antimicrobial agents

SECTION II (5h)

• ​Molecular mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance
• Antimicrobial stewardship

SECTION III (1h)

• ​Biofilms

SECTION IV (3h)

• Control and prevention of hospital acquired infections
• Antimicrobial drug development

ECTS 3
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Coordinators
Prof. Konstantinos Mimidis
Asst. Prof. Konstantinos Liapis

Course Layout
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SECTION I (4h)

• General approach to the patient
• Gastrointestinal Infections in Tropical Medicine
• Respiratory Infections
• Cardiovascular Infections

SECTION II (4h)

• Infections in Haematology
• Infections in Ophtalmology
• Infections in Neurology
• Infections in Nephrology

SECTION III (4h)

• Doctors without boarders-experiences-challenges
• Travel and Infections
• Musculoskeletal Infections in Tropical Medicine

SECTION IV (4h)

• Migration and Tropical Medicine: experiences from the field
• Imaging in Tropical Medicine
• Pathology in Tropical Medicine

ECTS 3
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Coordinators
Prof. Katerina Chlichlia
Prof. Anastasia Diakou
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Course Layout
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SECTION I (2h)

• ​Zoonotic Diseases and “One Health” concept
• Interplay between human health, animal health and environment
• Most common zoonotic diseases

​​SECTION I (2h)

• Metazoan Zoonoses
• Trichinosis, Cysticercosis, Hydatid disease

SECTION II (3h)

• ​Viral Zoonoses
• Rabies, Avian Influenza, Viral hemorrahagic fevers, West-Nile fever, Hepatic E virus infections (HEV), Zika virus infections

​​​SECTION II (1h)

• Prion diseases: spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs)

SECTION III (4h)

• ​Bacterial Zoonoses
• Anthrax, Brucellosis, Leptospirosis, Listeriosis, Lyme disease, Psittacosis, Q fever, Tularemia, Cat scratch disease, Plague, Rickettsial infections
• Enteric infections: Salmonellosis, Shigellosis, Campylobacter spp, Yersina spp.

SECTION IV (4h)

• ​Protozoan Zoonoses
• Leishmaniasis, Cryptosporidiosis, Giardiasis, Toxoplasmosis

ECTS 5

​Coordinators
Assoc. Prof. Ioannis Karakasiliotis
Asst. Prof. Marianthi Georgitsi

Course Layout

SECTION I (2h)

• ​Molecular diagnostic techniques

SECTION II (2h)

• Molecular mechanisms of resistance

SECTION III (2h)

• ​Molecular diagnostic techniques

SECTION IV (2h)

• ​Molecular diagnostic techniques