Cann, J.A. Principles of Molecular Virology. Academic Press, 1993. Girard and Hirth Virologie Moleculaire. Doin Editeurs, Paris, 1989. Several other books and review articles as well as research articles in current scientific journals are also recommended.
Virology is one of the important fields of molecular biology.
Viruses are ubiquitous in all living cells and organisms and they cause many diseases. The understanding of their multiplication and effects is of great interest, not only in medicine, microbiology and agriculture, but also in molecular biology and genetics. This course is designed to provide a basic theoretical knowledge of the viruses of vertebrates, invertebrates, plants and bacteria with particular emphasis on the molecular mechanisms involved in the replication, self-assembly, pathogenesis and epidemiology of these viruses.