Viral Diseases of Man and Animals

Introduction and Background

• History of Virology
• Taxonomy of Vertebrate Viruses
• Virologic Techniques

Vertebrate Viruses and the Diseases They Cause

• Alphaviruses (Equine encephalitis, chikungunya, Sindbis ..)
• Bunyaviruses (Rift Valley fever, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome ..)
• Flaviviruses (Yellow fever, West Nile fever ..)
• Hepeviruses (Hepatitis E)
• Poxviruses (Smallpox, Monkeypox, Orf ..)
• Rhabdoviruses (Rabies, Vesicular stomatitis ..)

Topics in Virology

• Arthropod-borne Viral Diseases (Arboviruses)

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