Course Description
Cell structures and functions including cell regulation, cell specialization and parasitic cells as well as the basic and applications of molecular biology techniques in tropical medicine.
Course Goals
This course aims to provide students with fundamental in cell structures and functions, cell recognition, cell specialization and parasitic cells, basic and applications of molecular biology techniques in tropical medicine. Students should be equipped with knowledge or benefits of various molecular tools to appropriately read and interpret the scientific issues.
Course Objectives
- Understand the discipline of cellular and molecular biology including principal concepts, and their current application in tropical medicine
- Apply proper molecular techniques for scientific researches
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How to assess molecular genotyping to distinguish between recrudescences and new infections in treatment trials of Plasmodium falciparum malaria?
Conventional nested-PCR detection is a tool that is often used to tell the difference between reinfection and recrudescent parasites. In a nested-PCR, sequence-specific primers are used to make copies of the genes that code for the surface antigen loci of merozoite surface protein 1 and 2 (msp1,msp2) and glutamate rich protein (glurp) (WHO, 2007).