ILOs
- Describe the viral causes of upper and lower respiratory tract infections
- Describe the laboratory diagnosis of viral upper and lower respiratory tract infections
- Describe travel related infections (Avian influenza; MERS-CoV)
- Describe the treatment of viral upper and lower respiratory tract infections including Influenza
- Graph showing deaths by respiratory tract infections by age
- Graph showing the seasonality of respiratory tract infections
- What is the cycle of a respiratory virus from host to host?
- Outline the common viral respiratory pathogens and the 3 broad categories they fall in
- What are the ways respiratory viruses transmit from host to host?
- What are the impacts on the susceptible host after respiratory tract viral infection?
- What are the symptoms of adenovirus infection?
- What are the symptoms of common cold coronaviruses?
- Outline the features of MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV viruses
- What are the symptoms of rhinovirus infection?
- What are the features of influenza and its strains?
- What are the symptoms of influenza infection and risk-factors for severe disease?
- What are the risk factors for severe pneumonia and the complications that can follow infection?
- What are the features of avian influenza infection vs non-avian strains?