ILOs

• Be able to recount some diseases caused by viruses
• Understand the molecular composition of viruses
• Describe how viruses replicate in cells
• Appreciate the diverse nature of virus populations

• Diseases caused by viruses
• Molecular composition of viruses
• Obligate intracellular pathogens
• Viral tropism
• Transmission of viruses
• Viral replication in cells
• Outcomes of a viral infection
• Genetic variation of viruses
• Immune response to a viral infection