MLAB 212 : INTRODUCTION TO MICROBIOLOGY

History of Microbiology; Microbiology Laboratory equipment; Laboratory safety measures; Types and preparation of glassware and specimen containers; Principles of specimen collection and documentation; Transportation, receipt and handling of specimen; Normal flora and transmission of microbial agents; Introduction to Parasitology and parasitism; Host-parasite interrelationships; Introduction to microscopy; Colonial morphology; Diagnostic techniques for staining of detection of parasites; Basic Parasitological staining techniques (negative and tissue staining); Introduction to Virology; Viral structure and classification; Replication of viruses; DNA and RNA viruses of medical importance; Ultra-structure of bacteria; classification of bacteria; Anaerobes and facultative anaerobes; Rickettsia and Chlamydia; Aerobic & microaerophilic rods and cocci; Pathogenic factors; Bacterial Genetics; Bacterial physiology, nutrition and biochemical characteristics