MICR 221 Lecture Notes - Encephalitis, Emd Gp10, Base Pair
24 Jul 2013
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Material about viruses discussed in lectures: material in text book related to what is discussed in class. Classification of viruses 7th ed. (on moodle under the taxonomy of viruses) Characteristics of major families of viruses discussed during lectures. Identify major virus families and understand their structure and replication strategies. Know how information about viruses is derived. Recognize that role viruses play in life sciences in addition to their potential as pathogens. Pasteur, kock and lister recognized diseases and were trying to discover what caused them. Their discoveries lead to a new experimental approach for medical science, defining whether an organism was the causative agent of disease. If you can identify these four components you know what has caused a disease. The germ theory as proposed by pasteur and articulated by kock (and his postulates) did not recognize the existence of viruses. In many cases viruses cause different diseases cause different infections or don"t cause and infection at all.
