Virology
| Clinical Laboratory Sciences | Department |
| CLS 415 | Course Number |
| Virology | Course Title |
| 2 + 1 = 3 | Credit Hours |
| Course Description |
| This course deals with virus structures, morphology and classification. It also covers the physical, biochemical, and biological characters of viruses which include: virus-cell relationship (virus replication cycle), virus-host relationship (virus pathogenesis) and virus immunity. A general outline for laboratory isolation and identification of viruses in clinical specimens will be presented. The clinical presentation of some virus diseases, their pathogenesis, laboratory diagnosis, prevention and controls will also be discussed. |
| CLS 415: Lectures Outline | |
| Weeks | Subjects |
| 1 | Introduction:History and Terminology |
| 2 | Virus characters - physical and biochemical |
| 3 | Basis of virus classification |
| 4 | Virus replication cycle (virus-cell relationship) |
| 5 | Virus pathogenesis and virus immunity |
| 6 | Laboratory identification of viruses in clinical specimens: |
| Direct diagnosis based on isolation, morphological and | |
| biochemical characters | |
| 7 | Laboratory diagnosis of viruses in clinical specimens: |
| Serological identification, Molecular diagnosis based on | |
| identification of virus nucleic acid, using DNA probe, DNA | |
| fingerprint and PCR | |
| 8 | Hepatitis viruses (HAV, HEV, HDV and TTV) |
| Characters, epidemiology, pathogenesis and laboratory | |
| diagnosis | |
| 9 | Hepatitis viruses (HBV & HCV) - Characters, |
| epidemiology, pathogenesis and laboratory diagnosis | |
| 10 | Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV): types, |
| characteristics, pathogenesis, epidemiology and | |
| laboratory diagnosis | |
| 11 | Herpes viruses: types, characteristics, importance and |
| laboratory diagnosis | |
| 12 | Encephalitis viruses: characteristics, pathogenesis and |
| laboratory diagnosis | |
| 13 | Meningitis viruses: characteristics, pathogenesis and |
| laboratory diagnosis | |
| 14 | Viral vaccines and anti-virus resistance |
| Assessments | |
| First Mid Term Examination: | 30 |
| Second Mid Term Examination: | 30 |
| Final Examination: | 40 |
| References | |
| Louis S. Kucera and Quentin N. Myrvik, Fundamentals of Medical Virology for Students of Medicine and Related Sciences, Publisher Lea Fabiger – Latest Edition | |