MED SCI 763 / Medical Virology

3 unit(s)

J. Mahony, K. Mossman

Selected advanced topics in the study of clinically relevant human viruses will be covered using specific examples from the medical literature. Students will take turns presenting papers for discussion. Topics will include the epidemiology, natural history, and pathology of viruses causing human disease with an emphasis on molecular mechanisms of infection, virus replication, how viruses manipulate the host cell’s innate immune response to infection, and the use of viruses as vectors for gene therapy.