Session Date
Lesson Topic
Viruses and infections
Lesson Outline
Outline and discuss a lysogenic infection and compare to a lytic infection. Introduce RNA viruses which cause a range of infections. Discuss the "common" cold virus and how it infects a host. Discuss the HIV virus as a retrovirus with RNA producing DNA rather than the opposite. Discuss the AIDS epidemic which is caused by the HIV virus. Discuss how viruses cause disease and use examples Determine how the viral particle will upset homeostasis.
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Session Hours
0.75
Hours Attended
0.75
Entry Status
Review Status
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School