This free course, Influenza: A case study, explores the biology of influenza, covering a range of topics including: the virus, infection, replication, mutation, immune responses, pathology, surveillance, diagnosis and treatment.
Overview
Syllabus
- Introduction
- Learning outcomes
- 1 Background to the case study
- 1 Background to the case study
- 1.1 Defining influenza
- 1.2 Influenza infection in humans
- 1.3 Influenza infection in other species
- 2 Influenza viruses
- 2 Influenza viruses
- 2.1 Structure of influenza
- 2.2 Designation of strains of influenza
- 2.3 Genomic diversity of influenza
- 2.3.1 Creation of new viral strains
- 2.4 Infection and replication
- 2.5 Cellular pathology of influenza infection
- 3 Patterns of disease
- 3 Patterns of disease
- 3.1 Tracking the emergence of new strains
- 3.2 Immune responses to influenza
- 3.2.1 Summary of the response
- 4 Antiviral treatments
- 4 Antiviral treatments
- 5 Diagnosis of influenza
- 5 Diagnosis of influenza
- 5.1 Initial identification of influenza infection
- 5.2 Determining the subtype of influenza
- 6 Conclusion
- 6 Conclusion
- 7 Questions for the course
- 7 Questions for the course
- Glossary
- References
- Further reading
- Acknowledgements
