Introduction Flashcards
Variolation
Method first used to immunize an individual against Small Pox with material taken from a patient or a recently variolated individual in the hope that a mild but protective infection would result
Largest Virus
Pox Virus
Viruses were propagated in _______ before cultures became available.
Viruses were propagated in eggs before cultures became available.
Studing veterinary virology is important because
- Viruses cause high rates of mortality and morbidity in animals
- Viral diseases in animals cause financial loss
- Zoonosis
Edward Jenner
Inoculated cowpox matter repeatedly into arms of healthy 8 year old boys who became immune and did not succumb to small pox
First discovered viral disease
Foot and Mouth Disease
Friedrich Loeffler and Paul Frosch
Passed the first animal virus through a filter - first evidence of animal viruses
Pandemic
Infectious diseases that are spread globally
Virion
Complete virus particle that consists of an RNA or DNA core with a protein coat sometimes with external envelopes and that is the extracellular infective form of a virus
T/F: Viruses contain nucleic acid genome surrounded by a protein coat.
True
Virologist
Someone who studies viruses
T/F: Viruses are living entities
False
Virology
The study of viruses and viral diseases
What effect did Rinderpest have on humans?
Led to starvation resulting in the death of an estimated third of the human population of Ethiopia and two-thirds of the Maasai people of Tanzania.
Dr. Walter Reed
Known internationally for his discovery that yellow fever was spread through mosquito
