? Credit Points : 10  ? SCQF Level : 10  ? Acronym : BMS-4-MI24

A persistent virus infection is one which is not cleared from the host. An essential feature of such infections is an ability to evade the host defences. This can be accomplished in a variety of ways including antigenic drift, induction of tolerance, infection of immunopriviledged sites and latency. Persistent viruses may continuously replicate in their host or may adopt a strategy of minimal replication. In many cases persistent virus infections exist without overt problems. However, they may have consequences for welfare and quality of life and, in the long term, may cause life threatening diseases particularly when the host is immunosuppressed.
This course will include lectures on specific persistent virus infections. Further strategies of persistence will be pursued in student presentations.

? This course is not available to visting students.

? Pre-requisites : Permission of the Curriculum Approval Officer.

Home subject area

Microbiology and Infection (Biomedical Sciences), (School of Biomedical Sciences, Schedule T)

Other subject areas

Microbiology and Infection (Biological Sciences), (School of Biological Sciences, Schedule K)

? Normal year taken : 4th year

? Delivery Period : Not being delivered

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) 45 minutes per week for 11 weeks

All of the following classes

Type Day Start End Area Lecture Friday 09:00 13:00 Central

Increased understanding of biological processes. Detailed learning outcomes will be provided later.

To be added later.

Exam times

Diet Diet Month Paper Code Paper Name Length 1ST December 1 - 1 hour(s) 30 minutes

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Mrs Patricia Anne Law
Tel : (0131 6)50 3161
Email : Anne.Law@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Dr Simon Talbot
Tel : (0131 6)50 7938
Email : stalbot@ed.ac.uk

School Website : http://www.dbcls.med.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.mvm.ed.ac.uk/