Guidelines on establishment of virology laboratory in developing countries (PDF 58P)

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

Human Immunodeficiency Viruses and Human T Cell Lymphotropic Viruses

This volume evaluates the carcinogenic risk to humans posed by infections with human immunodeficiency viruses types 1 and 2 (HIV-1 and HIV-2) and human T-cell lymphotropic viruses types I and II (HTLV-I and HTLV-II).

Author(s): National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S

NA Pages

General Virology by Esam Ibraheem Anzar

This note covers the following topics: History, Definition of a virus, Viral structure and host range.

Author(s): Dr Esam Ibraheem Anzar

40 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

Virology by Dr. Jim Maruniak

This note explains the following topics: Virus Structure , Classification and Nomenclature, Viral Replication and Multiplication, Virus Induced Changes and Pathology, Mechanisms of Virus Infection, Virus Immunology, Bacteriophages and Parvoviruses.

Author(s): Dr. Jim Maruniak

NA Pages

Viral Replication

This book provides a collection of in depth reviews broadly related to the mechanisms of viral replication as applied to various viruses of critical relevance for human or animal disease.

Author(s): German Rosas Acosta

144 Pages

Basics of Virology

This book covers the following topics: Classification, Morphology and Chemistry, Virus Replication Strategies, DNA Virus Replication Strategies, Viral Genetics, Oncogenic Viruses, Viral Chemotherapy, Replication Of Polio and Other Picornaviruses, Virus-host Interactions, Rubella, Parainfluenza, Respiratory Syncytial and Adeno Virus.

Author(s): The University of South Carolina

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 Pages