VIROLOGY

I had drafted this post in March and was waiting to add a few more information before I posted it here. It seems like a pretty good time to post it now;) All the Virology info that we could find on the web are here. My kids still visit these sites for some reference, information or the other. There is a wealth of information, resources and links on various viruses in these pages.

• Check out this wonderful BIG PICTURE BOOK OF VIRUSES;
• Also the TUTORIALS AND ONLINE COURSES
• A wonderful timeline, with information on the scientists, discoveries and significance HISTORY OF VIROLOGY
• Enjoy this beautiful site learning all about the history, structure and how they have evolved in modern science VIRUSES FROM STRUCTURE TO BIOLOGY
• So, what are Viruses? Check out to learn about it here INTRODUCTION TO VIRUSES
• And see here where they popped in our evolutionary process HISTORY OF LIFE
• Tons of books on different categories including fiction and reviews of the books VIROLOGY BOOK SHOP
• Check out the complexity of Virus structure here VIRUS ARCHITECTURE
• Check out MICROBE WORLD and listen to the podcasts on latest on Virology THIS WEEK IN VIROLOGY or learn all about Microbes here in MEET THE MICROBES
• Also INTIMATE STRANGERS: MICROBES ON PRIME TIME, PBS four part series on microbes and microbiology that airs in Annenberg Media periodically or you can purchase it(info below). There is also a companion book the contents and other details can be found here
• PANDEMIC FLU general information, definitions of terms, explanation of various viruses, prevention, how best handle the illness etc etc
  

Check out these fun online sites:

• ONLINE LAB WORK learn about the microbiology labs
• VIRUS REPLICATIONS VIDEOS ONLINE choose and watch
• MICROBIOLOGY VIDEO LIBRARY over 300 topics
• THE PANAMA PUZZLE solve the puzzle
• The VIROLOGY TIME MACHINE Travel in time to learn about viruses
• MICROBIOLOGY PODCASTS listen to some wonderful topics
• UNDERSTANDING VIRUSES lessons about viruses
• UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY OF VIRUSES Pretty interesting for a bio middle school/high school kid
• ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LIFE SCIENCES This has a wonderful free content on Influenza viruses
• VIROLOGY RESOURCES for kids from a Seattle hospital site. Pre -read. Info on HIV, aids, reading recommendations...
• BAD BUG BOOK Very interesting site that my kids linger a lot on (apart from the usual medical sites) You have just about every microbe that causes illness here. "This handbook provides basic facts regarding foodborne pathogenic microorganisms and natural toxins. It brings together in one place information from the Food & Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, the USDA Food Safety Inspection Service, and the National Institutes of Health"
• BACTERIUM or VIRUS? Check this site for a detailed explanation
• Emerging Infections: How Epidemics Arise by Donald E. Ganem-lectures from HHMI
  
• Pandemic and Avian Flu lecture notes and links
  
• BIRD FLU find out some of the answers to the questions and more along with a 3D animation on influenza

What is Bird Flu?
Who gets Bird Flu?
Predisposing Factors
Progression
Probable Outcomes
How is Bird Flu Diagnosed?
How is Bird Flu treated?

Watch these shows:

• The DNA show
• The RNA show
• The Protein show

Animations:
Don't be intimidated by all the medical and biological terms. They are pretty cool animations and a kid with avid interest would love these. But please preview as some animations on germs can be scary to some sensitive kids. These are highly educational and wonderfully done.

• ATTACHMENT AND PENETRATION OF A CELL BY A VIRUS
• EGRESS
• ENCAPSIDATION
• BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA
• GENOME
• T4 ATTACH
• HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS: ANIMATIONS OF STEPS OF HSV INFECTION AND REPLICATION
• LIFE CYCLE OF MALARIA: HUMAN HOST
• LIFE CYCLE OF MALARIA: MOSQUITO HOST
• INFECTIOUS DISEASES ANIMATIONS
• HOW BIG...?
• FLU VIRUS INFECTION ANIMATION
• ANTIGENIC SHIFT: THE SPREAD OF THE NEW MUTATED VIRUS
• VIRUS ANIMATION(gentle one with lecture)
• HOW FLU VACCINE WORKS(nice one with lecture)
• VACCINATION(lecture nice)
• THE IMMUNE MECHANISM
• VIRAL INFECTION
• LYSOGENY
• LYTIC CYCLE
• VARIOUS IMMUNE ANIMATIONS
  

VIRUSES ANIMATIONS:
BY Gary Kaiser

• PRODUCTIVE LIFE CYCLE OF ANIMAL VIRUSES
• SUMMARY OF THE LIFE CYCLE OF HIV

LYTIC BACTERIOPHAGE:

• ADSORPTION
• PENETRATION
• REPLICATION
• MATURATION
• RELEASE

TEMPERATE BACTERIOPHAGE:

• ADSORPTION
• PENETRATION
• PROPHAGE FORMATION
• SPONTANEOUS INDUCTION
  
• REPLICATION
• MATURATION
• RELEASE
  

More sites:

• Viruses and Tree of Life Look into this wonderful blog
• Virus World Images, animations, database
• The Universal Virus Database of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses There is a tutorial on how to use this site; there is an index of all possible viruses, picture gallery, descriptions, research etc
• Viruses knowledge quiz

Books:

• An Introduction to the History of Virology by A. P. Waterson
• Flu: The Story Of The Great Influenza Pandemic by Gina Kolata
• Purple Death : The Mysterious Flu of 1918 by David Getz and Peter McCarty
• When Birds Get Flu and Cows Go Mad!: How Safe Are We? (24/7: Science Behind the Scenes) by John DiConsiglio
• New York Times Deadly Invaders: Virus Outbreaks Around the World, from Marburn Fever to Avian Flu by Denise Grady
• Guinea Pig Scientists: Bold Self-Experimenters in Science and Medicine (Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12 (Awards)) by Mel Boring
• Eyewitness: Epidemic by Brian Ward
• Understanding Viruses by Teri Shors
• Bird Flu: Everything You Need to Know (All Access) by John Farndon
• Sneezes and Wheezes: A Beginners Guide to the Treatment of Coughs, Colds, Fevers and Flu by Jean Osborne
• Little book of pandemics by Peter Moore
• Deadly Companions: How Microbes Shaped Our History by Dorothy H. Crawford
• The Invisible Enemy: A Natural History of Viruses by Dorothy Crawford
• Twelve Diseases That Changed Our World by Irwin W. Sherman. Examining hemophilia, blight, tuberculosis, cholera, smallpox, bubonic plague, influenza, malaria, yellow fever, syphilis, porphyria, and AIDS, this book not only covers the diseases' histories but also addresses public health responses and societal upheavals.
• When Germs Travel: Six major epidemics that have invaded America since 1900 and the fears they have unleashed by Howard Markel
• Basic Virology by Edward K. Wagner
• The Biology of Viruses by Bruce A. Voyles
• How the Immune System Works by Lauren M.
  "It gives a perfect introduction to the essential principles of the immune system, covered in humorous but highly informative 'lectures' accompanied by clear and accessible illustrations"
• In Defense of Self: How the Immune System Really Works by William R. Clark; Excellent intro book to Immunology
• The Immune System by Gregory J. Stewart
  
• Dying to Live: How our Bodies Fight Disease by Marion D. Kendall
• 101 Questions Your Immune Syst by Faith Hickman Brynie
  
• The Immune System by Peter Parham
• A Commotion in the Blood: Life, Death, and the Immune System by Stephen S. Hall
  
• How Pathogenic Viruses Work by Lauren Sompayrac. Entertaining, informative and interesting book
• Your Body's Heroes and Villains: Microexplorers : Learning About Immune Cells : The
• Tiny Defenders That Safeguard Our Lives Against Nasty Bacteria and Viruses by Patrick
• Microlife: From Amoebas To Viruses by Anna Claybourne
• Bacteria and Viruses (Reading Essentials in Science) by Michael Crumpton
• Viruses (Invaders) by Howard And Margery Facklam
• Viruses & Bacteria: Hands-On - Minds-0N Investigations for Middle to High School by Dennis
• Viruses by Joseph, Ph.D. Panno
• Single-Cell Organisms: Bacteria and Viruses by Patricia Kite
• Fighting the unseen: the story of viruses by Suzanne Loebl
• Invisible Enemies, Stories of Infectious Disease by Jeanette
• Bacteria and Viruses (Reading Essentials in Science) by Michael Crumpton
  
• Bacteria and Viruses by Leslie J. LeMaster
  
• The biology of fungi, bacteria and viruses by Greta Stevenson
• Things You Can't See Can Make You Sick by Rae Simons
• Viruses (Discovery Channel School Science)
• The hunt for a new killer virus by John Grant Fuller
• Five Kids & A Monkey Investigate a Vicious Virus (Five Kids & a Monkey, Series 1)
  by Beth L. Blair
• Immunology-online book with links
• Vaccinations (My Health) by Alvin Silverstein
• What Are Germs? (My Health) by Alvin Silverstein
• Common Colds (My Health Series) by Alvin Silverstein
• A History of Immunology by Arthur M. Silverstein