PRACTICAL EXERCISES IN MICROBIOLOGY AND VIROLOGY for students majoring in "Public Health Inspector"
The book contains practical exercises in microbiology and virology, suitable for students majoring in Public Health Inspector. The author's team consists of specialists at the University of Varna from the Department of Microbiology and Virology and the Department of Medical Laboratory Technician. The manual is composed of 14 protocols and has a volume of 92 pages.
CONTENTS:
Protocol #1 Device of the microbiological laboratory. Rules for working with infectious material and rules for working with a microscope.
Protocol #2 Microscopic examination of bacteria. Microscopic observation of bacteria in their native state - fresh cover preparations. Observation of the bacteria in the stained state. Simple and complex coloring methods.
Protocol #3 Types of food environments. Techniques for inoculation on solid and liquid nutrient media. Aerobic and anaerobic methods for culturing bacteria. Biochemical methods for the identification of bacteria.
Protocol #4 Influence of physical and chemical factors on microorganisms. Disinfection and sterilization methods. Disinfection control.
Protocol #5 Immune reactions in microbiological diagnostic practice. Agglutination. Precipitation. ELISA.
Protocol #6 Laboratory determination of the sensitivity of bacteria to antibiotics. Antibiogram.
Protocol #7 Microbiological diagnosis of infections caused by bacteria of the genera Staphylococcus and Streptococcus.
Protocol #8 Microbiological diagnosis of infections caused by bacteria of the Enterobacterales family and Pseudomonas aeruginosa species.
Protocol #9 Microbiological diagnosis of viral infections (influenza, viral hepatitis, HIV infection).
Protocol #10 Sanitary-microbiological study of drinking water.
Protocol #11 Sanitary and microbiological examination of milk.
Protocol No. 12 Sanitary-microbiological examination of a can.
Protocol No. 13 Sanitary-microbiological examination of materials from a hospital environment.
Protocol #14 Sanitary and microbiological testing of cosmetics.
