Summary Virology Notes and Questions related to the whole virology course lectures)

This document summarises all the basic fundamentals of the whole course of Virology taken in the summer semester 2017, by approaching the information with both notes and questions from the lectures. This is useful because you not only learn information on the virus but also you get to practice some questions and are guided through the connections of virus family to make the learning easy and fun and in a way learn to make the logical connections of some aspects of the viruses. This approach is much better than just cramming information without understanding it. Topics in this Virology document include What is a virus? Virus Classification Viruses that have subfamilies DNA virus families Plus sense RNA virus families Minus sense RNA virus families Segmented minus sense RNA viruses Positive, Negative, DNA,RNA Questions Viral Replication Transmission Transmission, mode, virus Once the virus crosses barrier then what Magnifying glass on each virus Bioweapon viruses Poxvirus Quarantine, Pandemic, Epidemic Baltimore Hepatitis Alphabet Tongue Tied! Rubella, Rubivirus, Rubulavirus, Roseola, Roseolovirus Virus Facts Herpesviridae and the 6 Skin Rashes General Questions Gene transfer vectors