Requires permission of instructor.

This course focuses on mechanisms of viral pathogenesis and the host response, as related to human disease. It covers the scientific approaches used to investigate these processes and involves studying viruses at their molecular biology and genetic levels as well as from a biophysical and evolutionary perspective. Several faculty members present in their areas of expertise. Material is based on the latest information from cutting-edge research, providing students with an awareness of the latest problems of interest in the field. Topics include, for example, virus structure, binding and entry, and alteration of host function; replication of RNA viruses; RNA virus transcription and translation; retroviruses; DNA virus life cycle and transcription; replication of DNA virus genomes; antiviral agents; emerging viruses; chronic and latent infections; and viral pathogenesis.