Introduction to Virology (PDF 31P)

Medical Virology Lecture Note by Belay Tafa

Virology is a field within microbiology that encompasses the study of viruses. Medical virology deals with the study of medically important viruses and the diseases they cause or their effect on human beings.The notes contains contents as follows : Introduction to Virology, Baltimore system of classification, Viruses as Human Pathogen, RNA viruses, Polyomaviruses, Herpesviruses, Epstein - Barr virus, Hepadnaviruses: HBV and HDV,  Hepatoviruses, Picornaviruses, Flavivirus, Human Immune Deficiency Virus (HIV), Family Reoviridae, Orthomyxoviruses, Clinical Course of Rabies, etc.

Author(s): Belay Tafa, Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Medicine and Health Sciences, Ambo University

96 Pages

Antivirals Virology

The contents of this lecture presentation include : Vaccines can prevent viral disease, Why are there so few antiviral drugs?, Antiviral history, Blind screening, Antiviral discovery today, The path of drug discovery, Mechanism-based screens, Cell-based screen, Antiviral screening, High throughput screening, Dangers of drug resistance, Mechanisms of drug resistance, Acyclovir mechanism of action, Improving acyclovir, Acyclovir-resistant HSV, Symmetrel, Influenza virus NA inhibitors, WIN compounds, Inhibitors of picornavirus uncoating, New HCV drugs, HCV new drug pipeline, Azido-deoxythymidine, AZT, Non-nucleoside RT inhibitors, IN inhibitors, Maraviroc: CCR5 inhibitor, Combination therapy, Mathematics of drug resistance, ART saves lives, Pre-exposure prophylaxis.

Author(s): Prof. Vincent Racaniello, Columbia University

61 Pages

Human Herpesviruses

This comprehensive account of the human herpesviruses provides an encyclopedic overview of their basic virology and clinical manifestations.

Author(s): Ann Arvin, Gabriella

NA Pages

Virology An introduction

This note explains the following topics: The origin of virology, Virus structure, Enveloped virus, Genomes, Viral genomes and classification of viruses.

Author(s): JU Medicine

42 Pages

Viruses From Structure to Biology

This note covers the following topics: Some historical highlights: structural virology and virology, Solving the Structure of Icosahedral Plant Viruses, Picornavirus Structure, The Influenza Virus Hemagglutinin, The Influenza Virus Neuraminidase, Issues of Science and Society.

Author(s): Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis

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Introduction to Virology (PDF 31P)

This note covers the following topics: Virus Classification, SARS, Coronavirus, Paramyxovirus, Measles, Influenza Virus, Rotavirus, Parvovirus, Cutaneous Wart, Herpes Simplex Virus Keratitis, Cytomegalovirus Retinitis and Smallpox.

Author(s): Scott M. Hammer

31 Pages

Principles of Virus Architecture

This note covers the following topics: Structural techniques, Capsid organization in spherical viruses, High resolution structures of spherical viruses and quasi-equivalence theory, Helical Viruses and Enveloped viruses.

Author(s): B.V. Venkataram Prasad and Michael F Schmid

NA Pages

Molecular Virology of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (PDF 38P)

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Author(s): NA

NA Pages