Medical Virology as a study of viruses as it pertains to human pathology and disease. The recent Coronavirus pandemic has heightened the awareness of every human being to the existence of microscopic organisms that can literally stop the world and the economies of the world. We all witnessed how people of a particular age group died in droves and how the health system was stresses to the limit with health workers literally in tears. This is what can happen again and with another virus.

Before the Corona Virus pandemic, it was the HIV/AIDS pandemic that caused concern as it blazed throughout the world. A successful HIV vaccine has not been possible whereas the Corona Virus vaccine has been made and vaccination campaigns have been started in many countries.

In this course, students will learn about the following: the definition of a virus, the structure of the virus, classification of viruses, viral reproduction, vaccines, viral epidemiology, and interesting viral diseases.

This is a smart course as it covers the topic of medical virology comprehensively and quickly in around 2 hours.

Learning aids like MCQs and Module tests help anchor the concepts and facts of virology.

Virology is a very volatile and confusing subject and contains a lot of detail. Attention to detail is important for learning and mastering the subject.

Otherwise, any student will be confused and will mistake one virus for another, all because they failed to give sufficient attention to detail.

Learning virology in a modular format with the breakdown of information into modules will help students learn with attention to detail and also retain information with every revision.