Viral Pathogenesis

Catalog description

This course addresses methodologies used to study viral pathogenesis and recent advances in the field. The Viral Pathogenesis course will cover multiple aspects of the study and implications of viral/host interactions at the extracellular or organismal level. The course will give introductions to each topic, and will then examine recent primary literature. The aim of the course is to provide students with foundational knowledge to be able to frame experimental questions, knowledge of recent experimental techniques, and the ability to analyze experimental data and develop firm conclusions from these data. The course will examine both the host response to the virus and the ability of the virus to evade mechanisms deployed by the host to enhance viral replication and subsequent transmission.