Credits: 1 (1-0-0)
Prerequisites: EC 100
Description
Introduction to diagnostic virology – direct and indirect methods, specimens and window period; Microscopy – light microscopy, electron microscopy, and fluorescence microscopy in virus identifications; Methods of virus isolation – cell culture, embryonated egg inoculation and animal inoculation; Viral antigen detection – methods, assay characteristics, rapid antigen identification techniques; Detection of viral antibodies – methods, role of quantitative measurements, class- specific immunoglobulin detection; Viral nucleic acids – amplification, detection and quantitation methods; Molecular epidemiology of viral infections – high throughput methods; Identifying antiviral resistance – genotypic and phenotypic approaches; Quality control in diagnostic virology – internal and external quality control, international standards, and Shewhart control charts.
Prerequisite Tree
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SBV889-696[SBV889]
SBV889-696 --> EC100-696[EC100]
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