B5420 General virology

Faculty of Science
Autumn 1999
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Danuška Horáková, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
RNDr. Danuška Horáková, CSc.
Department of Experimental Biology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: RNDr. Danuška Horáková, CSc.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Přednáška je určena studujícím obecné biologie a dalším zájemcům o obor virologie. Předpokladem pro zápis tohoto předmětu je složení zkoušek z obecné biologie, z obecné mikrobiologie
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Syllabus
  • Introduction. Structure of viruses - morphology and chemical composition of viruses, inactivation of viruses. Classification of viruses - criteria of classificationanimal viruses, plant viruses,insect viruses, bacteriophages. Methods of investigations of viruses, cultivation and assay of viruses. The viral multiplication cycle - adsorption, penetration, transcription, translation, replication of viral nucleic acid, morphogenesis. Reproduction of animal viruses. Reproduction of plant viruses. Reproduction of bacteriophages. Viral genetics - mutation, abortive infections and defective viruses, genetic interaction between viruses, interactions between viral gene products, the genetic basis of virulence. Pathogenesis of viral infections - pathogenicity and virulence, routes of entry, mechanisms of spread in the organismus, virus shedding. Host responses to viral infections, antiviral immunological mechanisms, immunization. Chemotherapy of viral diseases - nucleoside analogs, other antiviral agents, strategy for development of antiviral agents. Epidemiology and control of viral infections. Laboratory diagnosis of viral diseases. Viral diseases (assortment).Viruses and biotechnology;
Literature
  • TIMBURY, Morag C. Notes on medical virology. 11th ed. New York: Churchill Livingstone, 1997, 196 s. ISBN 0-443-05846-6. info
  • BEDNÁŘ, Marek. Lékařská mikrobiologie : bakteriologie, virologie, parazitologie. 1. vyd. Praha: Marvil, 1996, 558 s. info
  • ROSYPAL, Stanislav. Bakteriologie a virologie. 1. vyd. Praha: Scientia, 1994, 67 s. ISBN 80-85827-16-6. info
  • LEVY, Jay A., Heinz FRAENKEL-CONRAT and Robert A. OWENS. Virology. 3rd ed. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1994, xii, 447 s. ISBN 0-13-953753-8. info
  • CANN, Alan J. Principles of molecular virology. London: Academic Press, 1993, 234 s. ISBN 0-12-158531-X. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Přednáška.Zkouška ústní.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 1999, recent)
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