Molecular Virology

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

Principles of Animal Virology Lecture Notes

This note explains the following topics: Central Nervous System Viruses, Gastrointestinal Tract Viruses, Immune System versus Viruses, Respiratory Viruses, ViralMichigan State University

Author(s): Dr Paul Young and Dr Theo Sloots

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

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

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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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