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Microbiology Exam IV Study Notes: Antimicrobial Drugs, Viruses, and Epidemiology

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Introduction to Antimicrobial Drugs

Introduction to Antimicrobial Drugs

Introduction to Viruses

Introduction to Bacteriophage Infections

Bacteriophage: Lytic Phage Infections

Bacteriophage: Lysogenic Phage Infections

Animal Viruses: 1. Attachment to the Host Cell

Animal Viruses: 3. Synthesis & Replication

Animal Viruses: RNA Virus Synthesis & Replication

Animal Viruses: DNA Virus Synthesis & Replication

Animal Viruses: 4. Assembly Inside Host Cell

Animal Viruses: 5. Release from Host Cell

Animal Viruses: Antigenic Drift vs. Antigenic Shift

Acute vs. Persistent Viral Infections

Viroids

Prions

Introduction to Epidemiology

Introduction to Chain of Infection

Reservoirs of Infection

Disease Transmission

Horizontal Disease Transmission

Colonization of Susceptible Host

Factors Influencing Epidemiology

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Healthcare-Associated Infections

Epidemiological Studies

Characteristics of Infectious Disease

Stages of Infectious Disease Progression

Koch's Postulates