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Vaccinology - MB140P80E
Title: Vaccinology
Czech title: Vakcinologie
Guaranteed by: Department of Genetics and Microbiology (31-140)
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Actual: from 2024
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 2
Examination process: winter s.:combined
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:1/0, Ex [HT]
Capacity: unlimited
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: not taught
Language: English
Note: enabled for web enrollment
priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
Guarantor: prof. RNDr. Ruth Tachezy, Ph.D.
RNDr. Michal Šmahel, Ph.D.
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Annotation -
The course will cover all aspects of vaccinology from historical overview, description of vaccination programs, and
basic introduction to vaccination immunology to vaccine development from research phase to production.
Additionally, the vaccine safety and examination and regulatory, ethical, and economic aspects will be discussed
including the influence of anti-vaccine activities and changes in the process of introduction of vaccines against the
newly emerging infection to the routine practice. Two lectures will be dedicated to human vaccines, one to
vaccines applied against infectious diseases and the second one to vaccines against non-infectious diseases.
Last update: Lichá Irena, RNDr., CSc. (18.03.2019)
Literature -

Vaccinology, an essential guide

Milligan, Barrett; 2015; ISBN 978-0-470-65616-7 (pbk.)

Introduction to Molecular Vaccinology

Giese, Matthias; 2016, ISBN 978-3-319-25832-4

Vaccinology: Principles and Practice

Morrow, Sheikh, Schmidt, Davies; 2012; Print ISBN:9781405185745 |Online ISBN:9781118345313

Last update: Lichá Irena, RNDr., CSc. (18.03.2019)
Learning outcomes -

After successfully completing the course, students will be able to:

Define basic concepts in vaccinology, including the historical development of vaccines.

List the key elements of vaccination programs and their objectives.

Identify the basics of vaccination immunology and the mechanisms of immune response induction.

Describe the vaccine development process from research through production to safety testing.

Provide examples of vaccines against infectious diseases in humans and against non-infectious diseases.

Explain the regulatory, ethical, and economic aspects of vaccination.

Interpret the impact of anti-vaccination activities on public health.

List the relationships between vaccination programs, vaccine safety, and changes in regulatory processes.

Compare the advantages and disadvantages of different types of vaccines (e.g., live attenuated vs. mRNA).

Evaluate and justify the importance of vaccination in the context of global health and economic impacts.

Last update: Tachezy Ruth, prof. RNDr., Ph.D. (30.01.2026)
 
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