SMBB1302 - Virology

This course aims at understanding important medically important virus its mode of infection, pathogenesis prophylaxis and treatment.

Topic: 1 

  • General Concepts: Virus history,
  • Diversity, 
  • shapes,
  • sizes 
  • components of genomes.
  • Isolation and purification of viruses and components.
  • Assignment 
  • Quiz 

 

Topic: 2                                                                                                                                            

  • Consequences of virus infection to animals 

  • Consequences of virus infection to human.

  • Viral infection: affect on host macromolecules. 
  • Viral infection: establishment of the antiviral state.
  • Viruses counter attack mechanisms.
  • Assignment 
  • Quiz 

 

Topic: 3 

  • Classification of viruses and nomenclatures.
  • Positive strand RNA viruses- Picornaviruses. Flaviviruses
  •  West Nile virus and Dengue virus. 
  • Coronaviruses- SARS pathogenesis
  • Negative strand RNA viruses Paramyxoviruses. Orthomyxoviruses
  • Influenza pathogenesis and Bird flu.
  • Rhabdoviruses: Rabies pathogenesis.
  • Assignment 
  • Quiz  

Topic: 4

  • dsRNA viruses- 
  • Reoviruses: structure, classification,
  • Reoviruses: life cycle; reverse transcription.
  •  Retroviruses: HIV, viral pathogenesis and AIDS.
  • Assignment 
  • Quiz  

Topic: 5

  • Small DNA viruses: parvo, 
  • polyomaviruses. 
  • Large DNA viruses: Herpes, 
  • adeno-,
  • poxviruses.
  • Miscellaneous viruses.
  • Assignment 
  • Quiz