SEMESTER – IV
DSC – 1D
APMB 241 VIROLOGY (3 credits)
Unit - I
General properties – structural – classification – cultivation – isolation and identification of animal viruses, plant viruses, bacterial,
algal and fungal viruses and insect viruses.
Unit - II
Eukaryotic DNA virus replication, eukaryotic RNA virus replication. Viral propagation – chick embryo and cell lines. Purification and assay. Laboratory diagnosis of viral diseases. Viral vaccines, interferons and antiviral drugs.
Unit - III
Morphology, classification, characteristics pathogenicity, laboratory diagnosis, prevention and control of infections produced by the following group of viruses. Adeno virus, Pox virus, Herpes virus, Papiloma virus, viral Hepatitis, Ebola and Zika viruses.
Unit – IV
Morphology, classification, characteristics pathogenicity, laboratory diagnosis, prevention and control of infections produced by the following group of viruses. Polio, HIV, Picorna viruses, Influenza and Rhabdo viruses. Teven and Todd phages, viriods and prions.
Unit - V
Arbo viruses: Flavi viruses – Yellow fever viruses – Dengue virus – Chickungunya virus – Japanese encephalitis virus.
Text Books
1. Singh V. (2010) Text book of Virology, 1st Edn. IBDC publishers.
2. Oarsman S.N.J., van Zyl G.U., Nutt L., Anderson M.I. and Preiser W. (2012) Virology Illustrated colour text, 1st Edn. Elsevier Health Sciences.
Reference Books
1. Carter J. and Saunders V. (2013) Virology: Principles and Applications (paperback) 2nd Edn. Wiley-Blackwell Publishers.
2. Dimmock, N.J., Easton A.L. and Leppard, K.N. (2007). Introduction to Modern Virology. 6th Edn. Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
3. Flint, S.J., Enquist, L.W., Krug, R.M., Racaniello V.R. and Skalka A.M. (2004). Principles of Virology, Molecular Biology, Pathogenesis and Control, 2nd Edn. ASM press Washington DC.