Past Special Topics

Vaccines Against Infectious Disease (2010)

Microbes in Health and Disease (2009)

Global Issues in Virology (2008)

Global Issues in VIrology - Special Topics 2008 

This is a literature-based discussion, with 10 sessions. 

Goals: 

• To explore current knowledge of selected clinically-relevant virus infections, including HIV, influenza, and hepatitis C virus.
• Explore relationships between viruses and human cancers as well as the relationships between animal and human viruses that give rise to disease epidemics. 
• Reveal the relationships between laboratory findings and current global public health issues. 

Format: 

• The format of the class will be a discussion based on the relevant paper(s). 
• All attendees are expected to have read the papers prior to the session.
• The papers for each discussion session are (will be) linked below.
  

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