B5420 General virology

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2000
Extent and Intensity
3/0/0. 4 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)
B5420 General virology
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
Course objectives
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 can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Autumn 2001.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2000, recent)
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