Weeks

                           Course description

     Week 1

       Introduction to immunology, immunophysiology and immunopathology.

    Week 2

        Immunity: Natural and acquired immunity, active and passive immunity.

    Week 3

 Antigens and elicitation of immune response: antigens and their typesantigenicity and immunogenicity

   Week 4

 Factors important for immunogenicity of an antigen, cell mediated and humoral     nature of antigen.

  Week 5

  Immunoglobulin: synthesis of antibodies and theories of antibodies synthesis.

  Week 6

   Detection of antigen-antibody reactions: in vivo and in vitro reactions. Monoclonal antibodies: importance, synthesis, isolation and applications.

   Week 7

 Mid term exams

   Week 8

  Major histocompatibilty complex: types and importance, diversity in MHC   proteins.

   Week 9

  Cellular basis of immune response: origin of lymphocytes, primary and     secondary lymphoid organs, specific response of lymphocytes to antigen     stimulation

  Week 10

  Hypersensitivity: immediate hypersensitivity, delayed type and cell mediated     hypersensitivity.

  Week 11

  Immunological tolerance and autoimmunity: Tolerance, types ,autoimmune     diseasesand involved factors

   Week 12

   Immunodeficiency diseases

  Week 13

  Immunity and immunization

  Week 14

   Immunization procedures

   Week 15

   Individual presentations + 2 Assignments+ 2 tests      (5+10+5)

   Week 16

    Lab manual and final term exams