Goals and Objectives

• Diagnostic tests

  • electron microscopy

  • latex agglutination

  • immuno-fluorescence

• Virus culture

• Molecular biology

  • hydridisation

  • PCR

• Viruses - diagnosis

  • Hepatitis A, B, C, D, E

  • Herpes Simplex

  • Varicella-Zoster

  • HIV

  • Enteroviruses

  • Respiratory Viruses

    • Rhinoviruses

    • Adenovirus

  • Gastro-enteritis

    • Rotavirus

    • Enteric Adenovirus types 40,41

    • Caliciviruses (Norwalk)

      • winter vomiting

    • Astrovirus

      • watery diarrhoea and vomiting

    • Small round structured Viruses

• Viruses - prophylaxis

  • hepatitis B

  • Chicken-pox

  • Measles, mumps, Rubella

  • Influenza

  • HIV

• Antiviral drugs

  • nucleoside analogues

  • protease inhibitors

  • Acyclovir

Microbiology think I should know about

• Hepatitis virus
  • Hepatitis A
  • Hepatitis B
  • Hepatitis C
  • Hepatitis D
  • Hepatitis E
• Herpes viruses
  • Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV)
  • Varicella-Zoster virus (VZV)
  • Human Herpesvirus - 8 (HHV-8)
  • CMV
• Rubella
• Influenza
• Rhinovirus
• Adenovirus
• HIV

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