Virus Structure

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

Adenoviruses

Adenoviruses are a group of common viruses that infect the lining of your eyes, airways and lungs, intestines, urinary tract, and nervous system. In this book, the authors highlight the achievements in the study of animal and human adenoviruses, chemotherapy of adenovirus infections, and the development in adenoviral vector-based vaccines and gene therapy. This book will be useful not only for researchers but also in solving specific medical problems.

Author(s): Yulia A. Desheva

NA Pages

Systematic Veterinary Virology

This note explains the following topics: structure, classification, repliation and viral interference, Group V viruses, Negative sense single stranded RNA viruses, Morbilli virus, Orthomyxo viruses, Equine flu, nature of the virus, disease and its pathogenesis, diagnosis and various lab tests, vaccines, Zoonotic potential, Impacts of swine flu, Negative sense RNA viruses, morphology and the nature of the virus.

Author(s): Anand Agricultural University

NA Pages

Molecular Virology

This book covers various aspects of Molecular Virology. Covered topics are: HIV-1 Reservoirs and Latency, Molecular Evolution of Hepatitis Viruses, Metabolic Aspects of Hepatitis C Virus Infection, Influenza C Virus, Viral Vectors in Neurobiology, Avian and Pandemic Influenza.

Author(s): Moses P. Adoga

168 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

NA 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

Molecular Virology of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (PDF 38P)

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Author(s): NA

NA Pages