BIO 4456 - Virology

3 Credit Hour(s)

This course is aimed to provide knowledge about viruses and their both harmful and potentially beneficial properties for human health, as well as viral diseases of veterinary and agricultural importance. Students will study classification and nomenclature of viruses, their structure, virus structure, virus-cell interaction, virus replication cycles; attachment and entry of viruses into cells, assembly and exit of virions from cells. Students will learn about viruses that are associated with enteric and respiratory diseases, nerve system disease, sexually transmitted diseases, cancers and blood malignancies, zoonoses and emerging human viral infections as well as viral diseases of veterinary and agricultural importance.
Prerequisite(s): BIO 4482/BIO L482 or taking simultaneously in the semester