Ausama Yousif

This systematic veterinary virology course aims to provide undergraduate students with in-depth information on select viruses of economic and public health importance using State-of-the-Art lectures, tutorials, and practical sessions. The specific aspects of pathogenesis, immune response to infection, viral evolution, and epidemiology will be discussed together with the general properties of the family to which each virus belongs. Detailed information about available diagnostic tools and vaccines will be provided.

Dear future colleagues,

Dear future colleagues,

Dear future colleagues,

Dear future colleagues,

For every cellular organism on this earth, there is a virus. Viruses impact our health, economy, and environment. Many viruses are looked upon as dangerous threats because numerous viruses cause devastating human, animal, and plant diseases. However, viruses are one of the guardians of the planet's ecosystem. For example, some marine viruses are indirectly responsible for reducing the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere by approximately 3 gigatons of carbon per year .