Medical Virology
After
studying this chapter the students will be able to,
• Study the importance of viruses
causing disease in humans
• Study the classification, structure
and cultivation of Viruses.
• Study viruses, their pathogenesis,
clinical feature of viral diseases and its treatment and prophylaxis
•.Study the methods of collection, and
processing of the sample and molecular diagnosis of viral infections.
1. Evolutionary Origin of viruses
2. Cultivation of Viruses
3. Herpes Viruses
4. Hepatitis Viruses
5. Rabies Virus
6. Human Immuno Deficiency Virus
7. Arbo Virus
Viruses
are infectious agents with size ranging from
about 20 nm to 300 nm in diameter and contain only one type of nucleic acid (RNA
or DNA) as their genome. The nucleic acid is encased in a protein shell, which
may be surrounded by a lipid membrane. The entire infectious unit is termed as virion. Viruses are obligate
intracellular parasite, they replicate only in living cells. The study of virus
is called as virology . Martinus Beijerinck is known as the Father of Virology.
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