| Section 1. GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY | 8 | Chapter 1. THE SUBJECT AND BASIC FIELDS OF MODERN MICROBIOLOGY. A BRIEF HISTORICAL OVERVIEW ON MICROBIOLOGY | 9 | Chapter 2. PRINCIPLES OF MICROBIAL CLASSIFICATION. MORPHOLOGY AND ULTRASTRUCTURE OF BACTERIA | 16 | Chapter 3. MORPHOLOGY AND ULTRASTRUCTURE OF SPIROCHETES, RICKETTSIAE, CHLAMYDIAE, MYCOPLASMAS, ACTINOMYCETES, AND FUNGI | 36 | Chapter 4. NUTRITION OF BACTERIA. BIOLOGICAL OXIDATION IN BACTERIA. GROWTH AND REPRODUCTION OF BACTERIA | 44 | Chapter 5. MICROBIAL GENETICS. METHODS OF MOLECULAR GENETIC ANALYSIS | 64 | Chapter 6. NORMAL MICROFLORA OF HUMAN BODY | 86 | Chapter 7. MICROFLORA OF THE ORAL CAVITY (for students of the dentistry faculty) | 92 | Chapter 8. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY. BASIC PRINCIPLES OF SANITARY MICROBIOLOGY | 100 | Chapter 9. ANTIMICROBIAL MEASURES: STERILIZATION, ANTISEPSIS, DISINFECTION, AND ASEPSIS | 109 | Chapter 10. ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY. ANTIBIOTICS | 114 | Chapter 11. INFECTIOUS PROCESS. CHARACTERISTICS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. PATHOGENICITY AND VIRULENCE. BACTERIAL VIRULENCE FACTORS | 123 | Section 2. MEDICAL IMMUNOLOGY | 134 | Chapter 12. IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNITY – BASIC DEFINITIONS | 135 | Chapter 13. BASIC MECHANISMS OF INNATE IMMUNE RESPONSE. PATHOGEN-BINDING RECEPTORS. PHAGOCYTES AND PHAGOCYTOSIS | 147 | Chapter 14. ANTIGENS: STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES. HLA SYSTEM | 159 | Chapter 15. IMMUNOGLOBULINS AND ANTIBODIES, THEIR STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION | 166 | Chapter 16. DYNAMICS OF IMMUNE RESPONSE | 172 | Chapter 17. NON-IMMUNE AND IMMUNE DEFENSIVE MECHANISMS IN ORAL CAVITY (for students of the dentistry faculty) | 178 | Chapter 18. IMMUNODIAGNOSTICS. EVALUATION OF IMMUNE STATUS. SEROLOGICAL REACTIONS AND THEIR PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS | 184 | Chapter 19. IMMUNOPATHOLOGY | 199 | Chapter 20. IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS AND IMMUNOTHERAPY. VACCINES, IMMUNE SERA AND ANTIBODIES | 208 | Section 3. MEDICAL BACTERIOLOGY | 212 | Chapter 21. CAUSATIVE AGENTS OF SUPPURATIVE, WOUND AND HOSPITAL-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS | 213 | Chapter 22. CAUSATIVE AGENTS OF SUPPURATIVE, WOUND AND HOSPITAL ACQUIRED ANAEROBIC INFECTIONS | 231 | Chapter 23. CAUSATIVE AGENTS OF ENTERIC BACTERIAL INFECTIONS: ESCHERICHIA COLI AND SHIGELLAE | 245 | Chapter 24. CAUSATIVE AGENTS OF ENTERIC BACTERIAL INFECTIONS: SALMONELLAE AND YERSINIAE. KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE. PROTEUS AND RELATED BACTERIAL GENERA | 255 | Chapter 25. PATHOGENIC VIBRIOS – CAUSATIVE AGENTS OF CHOLERA. CAUSATIVE AGENT OF BOTULISM. HELICOBACTER PYLORI | 271 | Chapter 26. CAUSATIVE AGENTS OF BACTERIAL RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS: MENINGOCOCCI, HEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE, BORDETELLAE, LEGIONELLAE, AND MYCOPLASMAS | 286 | Chapter 27. CAUSATIVE AGENTS OF BACTERIAL RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS: PATHOGENIC MYCOBACTERIA AND CORYNEBACTERIA | 303 | Chapter 28. CAUSATIVE AGENTS OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES | 318 | Chapter 29. CAUSATIVE AGENTS OF BACTERIAL ZOONOZES: PLAGUE, ANTHRAX, BRUCELLOSIS, AND TULAREMIA | 331 | Chapter 30. CAUSATIVE AGENTS OF LEPTOSPIROSIS AND BORRELIOSIS | 347 | Chapter 31. CAUSATIVE AGENTS OF RICKKETSIOSES AND Q FEVER | 356 | Chapter 32. INFECTION-ASSOCIATED DISEASES OF ORAL CAVITY (for students of dentistry faculty) | 364 | Section 4. MEDICAL VIROLOGY | 382 | Chapter 33. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF VIRUSES | 383 | Chapter 34. BACTERIOPHAGES | 396 | Chapter 35. CAUSATIVE AGENTS OF VIRAL RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS | 401 | Chapter 36. HUMAN ENTERIC VIRUSES: ROTAVIRUSES, PICORNAVIRUSES | 432 | Chapter 37. HEPATOTROPIC VIRUSES | 441 | Chapter 38. RETROVIRUSES: HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) | 454 | Chapter 39. HERPESVIRUSES AND HERPES VIRAL INFECTIONS | 462 | Chapter 40. CAUSATIVE AGENTS OF ZOONOTIC VIRAL INFECTIONS | 473 | Chapter 41. PRIONS AND PRION DISEASES | 490 | Chapter 42. INFECTIOUS DISEASES WITH SPECIFIC LESIONS IN ORAL CAVITY (for students of dentistry faculty) | 494 |