Viruses

Part I:    Basic Virology

1.     Structure and Composition of Viruses

2.     Viral Replication

3.    Viral-induced changes in Cells

4.    Mechanisms of Infection and Spread in the Body

5.    Immune Response to Viral Infections

6.    Mechanisms of Disease Production

7.    Persistent Infections

8.    Mechanisms of Viral Oncogenesis

9.    Laboratory Diagnosis of Viral Diseases

10.    Immunization of Viral Diseases

11.    Chemotherapy of Viral Diseases

Part II:    Clinical Virology

12.    Classification of Medically important viruses

13.    Viruses that cause Respiratory tract infections

          a.    Influenza virus

          b.    Parainfluenza virus

          c.    Respiratory Syncytial virus

          d.    Rhinovirus

          e.    Adenovirus

          f.    Coronavirus

14.    Viral Gastroenteritis

          a.    Rotavirus

          b.    Astrovirus

          c.    Small Rounded Structured Viruses (SRSVs)

15.    Enterovirus Infections

          a.    Polioviruses

          b.    Echoviruses

          c.    Coxsackieviruses

16.    Viral Hepatitis

          a.    Hepatitis A virus

          b.    Hepatitis B virus

          c.    Hepatitis C virus

          d.    Hepatitis D virus

17.    Childhood viral infections

          a.    Erythema Infectiosum

          b.    Measles virus

          c.    Mumps virus

          d.    Rubella virus

18.    Herpesviruses

          a.    Herpes Simplex-1 virus

          b.    Herpes Simplex-2 virus

          c.    Varicella-Zoster virus

          d.    Epstein-Barr virus

          e.    Cytomegalovirus

19.    Genital Warts

          a.    Human Papillomavirus

20.    Arthropod-borne Infections

          a.    Dengue virus

          b.    Japanese Encephalitis virus

          c.    Yellow Fever virus

21.    Zoonotic Infections

          a.    Rabies virus

          b.    Hanta virus

          c.    Marburg & Ebola virus

          d.    Arenavirus

          e.    Nipah virus

22.    Poxviruses

          a.    Smallpox virus

          b.    Molluscum Contagiosum

23.    Retroviruses

          a.    Human T-cell Leukemia (HTLV)

          b.    Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)

24.    Viral syndromes

Part III:    Past Year Questions

25.    MCQs

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