Viruses
But first…Classification Recap
And now back to Viruses! 2.2
Living vs. Non-Living? Organization (Cells) Metabolism Responsiveness Growth Reproduction Evolution Ecology
Examples of Viral Diseases common cold, chicken pox, AIDS, cholera, rabies, influenza, hepatitis B, cold sores, measles, mumps, pneumonia, etc. hepatitis C & links to liver cancer many animal & plant viruses
Epidemic vs. Pandemic limited vs. widespread (usually global) geographic region Have you seen this film? yuuLk5g yuuLk5g
Host Range most are very specific some can infect many species bacteriophage infects bacteria cells
Basic Structure protein capsid genetic material (DNA or RNA)
Classification
Viral Reproduction lytic cycle (lysis) lysogeny (dormancy)
Vaccinations global elimination of smallpox by WHO in 1980 human papillomavirus (HPV) & connection to cervical cancer
Gene Therapy
Viroids small infectious pieces of RNA without capsid discovered in 1971 responsible for some plant diseases
Prions abnormally-shaped infectious proteins cause rare diseases in mammals consumption of infected animals causes prions to enter blood and travel to brain