Information Package / Course Catalogue
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies-Prion Diseases
Course Code: VVR538
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 1
Prt.: 0
Credit: 1
Lab: 0
ECTS: 2
Objectives of the Course

1. Providing information to students about prions 2. Detailed explanation of prion diseases (Etiology, epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinic, pathology, diagnosis, control and control, etc.)

Course Content

Etiology, epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinic and pathology, diagnosis, combat and control strategies of prion diseases.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Assoc. Prof. Bahattin Taylan KOÇ
Learning Outcomes
1.To have information about etiology of prion infections.
2.To have knowledge about epidemiology of prion infections.
3.To have knowledge about pathogenesis-immunology of prion infections.
4.Have knowledge about the clinical information of prion infections.
5.To have information about the prevention-control information of prion infections.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Fenner's Veterinary Virology
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Prion Definition and Properties
Week 2 - Theoretical
Etiology of Prion Diseases
Week 3 - Theoretical
Epidemiology of Prion Diseases
Week 4 - Theoretical
Scrapie Disease
Week 5 - Theoretical
Atypical Scrapie Disease
Week 6 - Theoretical
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
Week 7 - Theoretical
Atypical Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
Week 8 - Theoretical
Transmissible Mink Encephalopathy, Midterm exam
Week 9 - Theoretical
Feline Spongiform Encephalopathy
Week 10 - Theoretical
Chronic Wasting Disease
Week 11 - Theoretical
Creuzfeld-Jakob Disease, Variant CJD
Week 12 - Theoretical
Fatal Familial Insomnia,
Week 13 - Theoretical
Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker (GSS) syndrom
Week 14 - Theoretical
Kuru Disease
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory131126
Midterm Examination1718
Final Examination115116
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)50
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-10
PÇ-11
OÇ-1
5
OÇ-2
5
OÇ-3
5
OÇ-4
5
OÇ-5
5
5
4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026