PEBO 424 Virology ii

The course introduces students to various viruses of animals, humans and plants of economic and health importance. Emphasis will be on classification scheme of animal and plant viruses and virus replication in host-plant interactions. The course will expose students to the following viruses of health importance herpes viruses, hepatitis virus, rhabdoviruses, arboviruses, influenza virus, poxviruses, human immunodeficiency / HIV / AIDS virus, Ebola virus, etc.  The students will be introduced to viral diseases of economic crops, e.g. cocoa swollen shoot virus, tobacco mosaic virus, potato mosaic virus. The students will be taken through economic importance of emerging viral diseases worldwide.