Microbiology

Virology, Viral Pathogens and Associated Diseases

Virology, a subfield of microbiology or of medicine covering all aspects of new and reemerging viruses that cause severe and/or lethal diseases in humans and animals. Examples of these viruses include filoviruses (Ebola, Marburg), henipaviruses (Nipah, Hendra), Lassa virus, Lujo virus, South American hemorrhagic fever viruses (Junin, Machupo, Guanarito, Chapare, Sabia), Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus, Rift Valley fever virus, hantaviruses, SARS coronavirus, MERS coronavirus, tick-borne encephalitis viruses, and Zika virus.

Virology, Viral Pathogens and Associated Diseases includes

• Virology, Metabolism and Genetics
• Viral diseases and host defences
• Mechanisms of Virus entry, Assembly, Protein Translation, Transcription and Replication, Pathogenesis
• Preventive vaccines and Antiviral drugs
• Molecular biology research and Viral therapy
• Applications of Virus