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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
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
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
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
Current Concepts in Dengue Pathogenesis (PDF 92P)
This note describes about the global impact of dengue and its epidemiology, the clinical presentation of acute dengue and the pathogenesis of acute dengue infection.
Author(s): Timothy P. Endy
92 Pages
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
Guidelines on establishment of virology laboratory in developing countries (PDF 58P)
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Author(s): NA
NA Pages
Perspectives On Progress In Plant Virology (PDF 21P)
This note describes the following topics: Proteins, Nucleic Acids, Serology, Replication of Plant Viruses in Vectors, Insect Tissue Cultures as a Tool for Studying Plant Viruses, Virus-Induced Mutations in Maize, Noncapsid Viral Proteins, Viruses Infecting Eukaryotic Chlorella-like Green Algae, Application of Recombinant DNA Techniques to Plant Viruses, The Versatile RNA.
Author(s): Myron K. Brakke, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
21 PagesAdvertisement
