Adel Ahmed Ali El-MorsiB.Sc. (General Botany, ( Mansoura University, 1995

M.Sc. Microbiology (virology), Mansoura University, 1999Ph.D. Microbiology (virology), Mansoura University, 2005

VirologyVirology

Course Outline

Purification

Cultivation

General characters

Historical introduction

Bacteriophage

Chemical structure

Ancient civilization

Epidemic diseases

Carlos closus (1575)

19th century

Mayer (1882-1886)

Iwanowski (1892)

Beijrinck (1897)

20th century

Loeffler and Forsch

Stanly (1935)

Bawden and Pirrie (1938)

Twort (1915)

D”herelle (1917)

Rous (1907)

Electron microscope (1940)

Hershy (1952)

Conrat(1956)

Lowff (1966-1969)

Virus as a tool of genetic engineering (1976), why?

Hirst (1941)

Watson & Crick (1953)

AIDS (1984)

Transgenic plant (Poweil, 1986)

Molla (1991)

21th century

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Ebola (1995)

Ancient civilization

Small poxSmall poxPoliomyelitisPoliomyelitis

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Carlos colsus (1575)

Tulip Tulip breaksbreaks

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19th century

Pastuer

Kouch

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Mayer (1886)

BacteriaBacteria

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Iwanowski (1892)

Filterable agentFilterable agent

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Beijrinck (1897)

Contagium vivum fluidumContagium vivum fluidum

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HIV******

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Ebola virus******

Viral infection due to nucleic acid only

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First purified plant virus

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DNA model******