Part - 1 1. The Development of Virology: Important landmarks in the history of virology 2. General Properties of Viruses 3. Morphology, Genome Organization 4. Replication Strategies and Viral Genetics 5. Purification and Characterization 6. Detection and Diagnosis including Advanced Molecular Techniques 7. Taxonomy 8.
Virology and Biotechnology 9. Virology and Public Health Part - 2 10. Bacterial Viruses - The Bacteriophages: Properties, classification, structural organization, structure, genome, life cycle of T4, ?-phage, M13 phage, QB phage Part - 3 11. Human and Animal viruses - General Properties, Replication, Host- Pathogen Interaction, Virus Vaccines, Antiviral Drugs 12. Selected Viral Diseases of Humans 13. Ebola virus 14. Zika virus 15. HIV 16.
Coronavirus 17. Viruses and Cancer 18. Selected viruses of Animals 19. Insect viruses 20. Prions 21. Human and Animal Viruses and the Future Part - 4 22. Plant Viruses -Classification, Nomenclature, Disease Symptoms, Transmission, Assay, Detection and Diagnosis, Virus Replication, Purification of Viruses, Control of Viruses 23. Important Virus Disease of Plants, their spread, management/control 24.
Sub-Viral Agents - Satellites and Viroids 25. Mycoviruses 26. Green microalgae viruses (Cyanophages).