Viruses

Susan Payne is an associate professor emeritus at Texas A&M University. Her primary research interests were molecular aspects of viral replication, pathogenesis and evolution. For many years her research focused on equine infectious anemia virus (EIAV), an equine retrovirus. She published extensively on genetic and antigenic variation and the molecular basis of EIAV pathogenesis. She also studied avian bornaviruses, negative strand RNA viruses that are the etiological agents of proventricular dilatation disease of parrots. Her long teaching career included courses for undergraduate and graduate students as well as participation in courses for medical and veterinary students. She was a member of the Bornavirus Study Group of the International Committee for Taxonomy of Viruses from 2014-2019.

1. Introduction to animal viruses 2. Virus structure 3. Virus interactions with the cell 4. Methods to study viruses 5. Virus transmission and epidemiology 6. Immunity and resistance to viruses 7. Viral vaccines 8. Antiviral agents 9. Virus evolution and genetics 10. Viral pathogenesis 11. Introduction to RNA viruses 12. Family Picornaviridae 13. Family Caliciviridae 14. Family Hepeviridae 15. Family Astroviridae 16. Family Flaviviridae Families Togaviridae and Matonaviridae 18. Family Coronaviridae 19. SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 20. Family Arteriviridae 21. Family Rhabdoviridae 22. Family Paramyxoviridae 23. Family Pneumoviridae 24. Family Filoviridae 25. Family Bornaviridae 26. Family Orthomyxoviridae 27. Family Hantaviridae 28. Order Bunyavirales: Families Peribunyaviridae, Phenuiviridae, and Nairoviridae 29. Family Arenaviridae 30. Family Reoviridae 31. Family Birnaviridae 32. Hepatitis delta virus 33. Introduction to DNA viruses 34. Family Parvoviridae 35. Other small DNA viruses 36. Family Polyomaviridae 37. Family Papillomaviridae 38. Family Adenoviridae 39. Family Herpesviridae 40. Family Poxviridae 41. Other large DNA viruses 42. Family Retroviridae 43. Replication and pathogenesis of human immunodeficiency virus 44. Family Hepadnaviridae