Virology
BIO437
Dr. Chaudhry
Winter 2003 Room 225 HHS
MW (3:30 PM – 5:17 PM)
Recommended Text
Principles of Virology: Molecular Biology, Pathogenesis, and Control by S.J. Flint, L.W. Enquist, R.M.
Krug, V.R. Racaniello, and A.M. Skalka, ASM Press, December 1999
Supplementary Text
Fields Virology: (Vol.1&2) by Bernard N. Fields (Editor), David M. Knipe (Editor), Peter M. Howley
Hardcover 3rd edition (January 1996), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Publishers; ISBN: 0781702534
Date
Lecture
Chapter
January 6
January 8
January 13
January 15
January 20
January 22
January 27
January 29
February 3
February 5
February 10
February 12
February 17
February 19
March 3
March 5
March 10
March 12
March 17
March 19
March 24
March 26
March 31
April 2
April 7
April 9
April 14
April 16
Introduction to Viruses
Virus Assembly and Replication Strategies
Techniques for Studying Viruses – Assay Methods
DNA Viruses – Herpesviruses I
DNA Viruses – Herpesviruses II
DNA Viruses – Adenoviruses
DNA Viruses – Parvoviruses
DNA Viruses – SV40/Polyoma
Exam 1
DNA Viruses – Papillomaviruses
DNA Viruses – Hepatitis B
Plus Strand RNA Viruses – Picornaviruses
Plus Strand RNA Viruses – Alphaviruses
Segmented Single Stranded RNA Viruses
Retroviruses – Tumor Viruses
Retroviruses – Viral Replication and Reverse Transcription
Lentiviruses – HIV I & II
Exam 2
RNA Viruses – Hepatitis C, D and others
Segmented Double Strand RNA Viruses
Negative Strand RNA Viruses
Viral Vectors and Gene Therapy –I
Viral Vectors and Gene Therapy –II
Viral Pathogenesis
Emerging Viruses
Exam 3
Student seminars
Student seminars
1, 2 & 3
6, 9 & 13
17 & 18
20
Grading Policy
First Exam
Second Exam
Third Exam
Quizzes & Assignments
Seminar
20%
25%
35%
10%
10%
Oakland University grading system will be enforced. No makeup exams.
Academic policies and procedures as stated in the catalog will be enforced during this course. Attendance is
required in this class.
It is students’ responsibility to come prepared with the reading assignments/recommended text before each lecture.
The additional material will only be available in the class.
Copying and plagiarism from any source is not allowed.