Influenza: A case study

This free course, Influenza: A case study, explores the biology of influenza, covering a range of topics including: the virus, infection, replication, mutation, immune responses, pathology, surveillance, diagnosis and treatment.

• Introduction
• Learning outcomes
• 1 Background to the case study
• 1 Background to the case study
• 1.1 Defining influenza
• 1.2 Influenza infection in humans
• 1.3 Influenza infection in other species
• 2 Influenza viruses
• 2 Influenza viruses
• 2.1 Structure of influenza
• 2.2 Designation of strains of influenza
• 2.3 Genomic diversity of influenza
• 2.3.1 Creation of new viral strains
• 2.4 Infection and replication
• 2.5 Cellular pathology of influenza infection
• 3 Patterns of disease
• 3 Patterns of disease
• 3.1 Tracking the emergence of new strains
• 3.2 Immune responses to influenza
• 3.2.1 Summary of the response
• 4 Antiviral treatments
• 4 Antiviral treatments
• 5 Diagnosis of influenza
• 5 Diagnosis of influenza
• 5.1 Initial identification of influenza infection
• 5.2 Determining the subtype of influenza
• 6 Conclusion
• 6 Conclusion
• 7 Questions for the course
• 7 Questions for the course
• Glossary
• References
• Further reading
• Acknowledgements