PPT-Viruses Nikita Reveka  Rian  Granito

 Joseph  Martino  Nick  Wursta Overview Ways viruses can benefit your life how some viruses are harmful spreading of disease and prevention of viruses Influenza the flu and how it works how vaccines work. A . virus. is a small . infectious agent. that can replicate only inside the living cells of organisms. Most viruses are too small to be seen directly with a . microscope. . Viruses infect all types of organisms, from . DNA Enveloped . Viruses. I. Objectives. In this lecture you will learn about properties, pathogenesis, clinical picture and diagnosis of: . Herpesviruses. . (HHVs 1 to 8). Poxviruses. Smallpox Virus. Other . Acellular. Infectious Agents. 1. 6. Copyright © McGraw-Hill Global Education Holdings, LLC. Permission required for reproduction or display.. Acellular. Agents. Viruses . – protein and nucleic acid. A. Viruses are a unique group of biological entities. 1. They are not capable of surviving without a host cell (lack metabolic machinery). 2. They do, however, contain all the information necessary to direct metabolic processes. What is a Virus?. Very small . Non-living particle. Made up of nucleic acid. . and proteins. Can only reproduce by infecting living cells. Do not carry out respiration, grow or develop. Structure. Viruses have an inner core which contains either RNA or DNA. copyright cmassengale. 2. Are Viruses Living or Non-living?. Viruses are both and neither. They have . some properties of life but not others. For example, viruses can be killed, even crystallized like table salt. Viruses Are Not Cells!. There are several structural and functional differences between cells and viruses. The structural differences include:. No nucleus. No cell membrane. No organelles. The functional differences include:. CLS 212: Medical Microbiology. History. Through the 1800s, many scientists discovered that something smaller than bacteria could cause disease and they called it . virion. (. Latin word- poison. ).. Where the name came from. This is a phrase coined from biology to describe a piece of software that behaves very much like a real virus (only it spreads from computer to computer rather than people!).. Lecturer. Dr Ashraf Khasawneh. Department of Biomedical Sciences. Virus infections are Universal …….. Introduction to Virology. A virus is an obligate intracellular parasite containing genetic material surrounded by protein. STRUCTURE. A core nucleic acid - DNA or RNA. Nucleic Acid surrounded by a protein, called a capsid.. CLASSIFICATION. By genomes: DNA viruses, RNA viruses or retroviruses . (any . of a group of RNA viruses that insert a DNA copy of their genome into the . What do viruses need to reproduce?. Other viruses. Host organisms. A nutrient medium. An enzyme solution. Which characteristic do viruses possess in common with living cells?. They contain a nucleus and organelles.. . 19, . Ch. 23, and more . Bacteria & Virus Overview. Interesting stuff!. We live with bacteria and viruses constantly, but most people don’t know much about them.. In this chapter we learn both the good and bad of each. . . The process of transfer of virus into host is referred as . TRANSMISSION. and this is an important step in the life cycle of viruses.. Person to person infections are said to be . HORIZONTAL. .