Biol 4240 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

This document provides a detailed summary of the different types of the Influenza virus. This information can help in the understanding of the virus' genome, its parts and their function, how the virus attaches to host cells, the concept of reassortment, the differences between antigenic shift and antigenic drift, different viral strains, and how the influenza virus enters host cells via endocytosis.

This document is a summary of sections 1.1-1.5 in the attached textbook. These notes helped me on prelecture quiz 1 in my Biology of Microorganisms class.

This document is a summary of section 2.1 in the attached textbook. These notes/summary helped me on prelecture quiz 2 in my Biology of Microorganisms class.