NATS 1740 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Lysogenic Cycle, Reverse Transcriptase, Chromosome

• School: York University
• Department: Natural Science
• Course: NATS 1740
• Professor: all

Document Summary

Human virology: chapter 6 23 24 25-anything about viruses for sure. 8 or 80% of our genome are composed of viruses-stuck within and continuously replicated. Ebola virus mainly in certain parts of africa-spread throughout different parts of africa sporadically movement to other continents-the thing is more people die from tobacco alcohol and obesity than ebola virus yet was not recognized in perspective. In general when thinking about all different viruses-the impact have a historical impact equal to all wars revolutions and economical crisis combined. Spanish flu killed 100 million?-viruses can be large problem. Viruses are the most common cause of acute infections in human-babies are meeting the viruses for the first time at 1 or 2 years old-more severe type of infection due to lack of immunity. Viral infections in adults exceed several billion per year-some viruses can be aggressive-rabies. Ebola smallpox but most infections are asymptomatic or some sort of mild impact.