BMSC 8675 - Molecular Virology

4 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: BIOL 3880, BIOL 3890, BIOL 4575, and CHEM 4600, or equivalents.
Description
This course will survey students’ current understanding of selected eukaryotic viruses, most of which are human pathogens, on the molecular level. The course material will mainly focus on the biochemistry, molecular biology and host interactions of selected viruses, but the clinical diseases caused by these viruses, as well as, antiviral strategies to combat them will also be discussed. Four lecture hours a week.