MIC 407 - Virology II |
| Course Detail: |
Animal viruses- brief introduction of different classes of viruses; Viral infections to the respiratory system and gastrointestinal tract- common cold, influenza, measles, rubella chicken pox, shingles, viral diarrhoea; Arthropod borne disease- disease caused by dengue, Japanese encephalitis, yellow fever virus; Herpes viruses- BV and CMV; Hepatitis viruses; Hepatitis B virus- detail for viron structure, genome organization and replication, viral protein pathogenesis, genetic variants, epidemiology, transmission, prevention and clinical diagnosis; Nononcogenic retrovirus- HIV: structure, genome organization, transmission and epidemiology, disease pathogenecity, drugs, treatment strategy and vaccine approaches; Cellular oncogenes and oncogenic viruses- RNA tumour viruses: general features and classification or retrovridae, genome structure and replication of HTLV, T cell transformation, DNA tumour viruses, tumour suppressor gene; Influenza viruses- general properties, antigenic shift and drift, pathogenesis, epidemiology; Use of retroviruses as a vector for gene therapy and genetic engineering.
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[Credit Hours: 3] |
