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DNA – demonstration by Feulgen techniques. Silver impregnation methods. Genes and genetic code. Tissue culture techniques; chromosome analysis. Autoradiography – Definition and principle of organisation of a medical museum. Methods of colour maintenance. Fixation and storage of museum specimens. Special museum techniques such as Dawson’s Method. Principle of Photography Preparation of stained sections for micro photography. Preparation of specimens for preparation of stained sections for micro photography. Cytological normal cells. Histology of tissues. Atypical and malignant cells. Collection of cytological smears and processing and screening. Principles of general pathology. Systemic pathology. Gastrointestinal tract. Urogenital, cutaneous. Principle of Electron microscopy materials for electron microscopy. Respiratory – Tuberculosis. Nephropathy associated with infestations and infections. Embalming techniques and demonstrations and infections. Practical based on the topics.

Theory and Methodology of Histochemistry – Chromaffin tissues, Schmols, Diazo and Perls and other histochemical techniques. Enzyme histochemistry: Acid and alkaline phosphatase, Oxidative enzymes. Genetic diseases. Karyotype abnormalities. Chromosome techniques. Tissue culture technique. Chromosome staining techniques Slide reporting.

Epidemiology of communicable diseases and disease spectrum and control. Aspects of public Health and Environmental Microbiology. Applied Microbiology; aspects of food and Industrial Microbiology. Diagnostic Microbiology. Vaccine production and immunization. Preservation of cultures and cultural methods. Pathogenic mechanisms of bacteria. Antibiotic assays and monitoring from body fluids and many others, anaerobiosis and methods. Phage typing; Research Methods and other techniques in Microbiology. Use of metabolic pathways in identification of bacteria, fluorescent antibody methods. Quality control and Instrumentation. Practical based on the above topics.

General characteristics of fungus diseases, types of mycoses and properties; opportunistic fungi Diagnosis and chemotherapy. Systemic mycoses (cryptococcosis, blastomycoses, histoplasmosis, coccidioidomycoses). Opportunistic mycoses (candidiasis, phycomycetes, aspergilloses and many others). subcutaneous mycoses. (such as maduro mycoses, sporotrichoses, chromoblastomycosis, and many others. Cutaneous mycoses – dermatophytosis. Superficial mycoses and many others. General properties, pathogenesis, diagnosis, epidemiology and control and recognition of fungi. Derma tropic and viscerotropic viruses. Smallpox, cowpox and vaccination; measles, rubella, chickenpox and shingles, Herpes viruses. Yellow fever; Lassa fever, Hep A and B, Influenza, Arbor viruses. The neurotropic viruses (rabies, poliomyelitis, encephalitis, lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus, mumps viral transformation and types of tumours and viruses. Oncogene theory and many others. Viral gastroenteritis; Miscellaneous viruses.

Introduction to Medical Microbiology. Basic concepts and terminologies. infection and disease pathogenicity and virulence, immunity, hypersensitivity, latency and communicability. Pathogenic properties of bacteria: invasiveness, toxigenicity and exotoxins, virulence properties. Host defense mechanisms: skin and mucous membrane barriers, phagocytic defense and inflammation, bacterial infection. The pathogenicity, morphology and cultural characteristics of certain groups of bacteria. Gram-positive bacteria – bacillus, clostridium, staphylococcus and streptococcus; gram-negative bacteria – the family enter bacteria, Neisseria, pseudomonas and vibrio; mycotic infection, types of mycoses. The morphology, laboratory diagnosis and treatment of disease caused by certain groups of fungi to include aspergillus, blastomyces, candida, cryptocossus, histoplasma, sporotrichum and yeasts; viral infections: classification of viruses, distinctive properties of viruses, method for the diagnosis of viral infections. 300 Level

History and scope of microbiology. The general characteristics of microorganisms. Prokaryotic and eukaryotic microorganisms. Bacterial morphology and cell structure. Growth and Reproduction of microorganisms. Microbial metabolism, antimicrobial agents. Systematic classification of bacteria, fungi, viruses, algae and protozoa; Microbial ecology. Microbial growth and identification. Prevention and Control of Microbial Diseases. Microbes in relation to environment agriculture and industries and many others. List and describe the different types of bacteria. Understand the fungi group of organisms. Explain viruses as micro-organisms. Know Algae and Rickettsia as disease causing organisms. Understand the spread of infection by Direct contact. Understand the spread of infection by Droplet. Explain transmission of infection by insects. Enumerate other method of spread of Infections. Understand how infections are resisted by skin secretion. Explain resistance of body against infection by Desquamation of skin epithelia] cells. Explain how saliva can help the body to resist infection. Understand how the body resists infection through cilia in the Respiratory tract. Explain the following: Immunity. Anaphylaxis. Allergy.

Soil associated parasitic infections. Vector transmitted protozoan infections. Vector transmitted flavid nematode infections. Animal associated parasitic infections (zoonoses). Environmental factors influencing transmission of parasitic infections. Nutrition and parasitic infections. Principles of control of parasitic infections. Indirect diagnostic techniques for parasitic infections. Introduction to molecular aspects of medical parasitology.

Soil associated parasitic infections. Vector transmitted protozoan infections. Vector transmitted flavid nematode infections. Animal associated parasitic infections (zoonoses). Environmental factors influencing transmission of parasitic infections. Nutrition and parasitic infections. Principles of control of parasitic infections. Indirect diagnostic techniques for parasitic infections. Introduction to molecular aspects of medical parasitology. 91

Structure, life cycle and identification of the following protozoa, Plasmodium spp. Toxoplasma gondii, Asospora horninis and belli Entaemoeba histolytica and gingivitis, Opportunistic pathogenic Amoeba, Non-pathogenic Amoeba, Giardia intestinalis, Trichomonas spp. Chilomatix mesnilli, Balantidium coli, Trypanasoma spp. Leishmania spp. Practical Protozoology. Thin and thick films. Staining techniques, Giemsa, Wrights, Field’s and Leishman’s Stains. Wet ‘mounts and identification of trophozoites, Cysts of E. histolytica, Giardia, Trichomonas, B. coli.

Structure, life cycle and identification of the following protozoa, Plasmodium spp. Toxoplasma gondii, Asospora horninis and belli Entaemoeba histolytica and gingivitis, Opportunistic pathogenic Amoeba, Non-pathogenic Amoeba, Giardia intestinalis, Trichomonas spp. Chilomatix mesnilli, Balantidium coli, Trypanasoma spp. Leishmania spp. Practical Protozoology. Thin and thick films. Staining techniques, Giemsa, Wrights, Field’s and Leishman’s Stains. Wet ‘mounts and identification of trophozoites, Cysts of E. histolytica, Giardia, Trichomonas, B. coli.