Description

Visual learning tool description

This visual learning tool aims to demonstrate the ability of viruses in the family Parvoviridae to cause disease. The format is a website which rates a new pathogen each week, based on 5 characteristics. These characteristics are:

• Environmental stability
• Virulence Factors and pathogenesis
• Host Range
• Transmission
• Mortality

The pathogen is given a rating out of 5 for each of the above categories, and these are averaged to give a final score out of 5. The use of a rating system aims to convey the relative importance of each category relevant to Parvoviridae in an easy to remember format. A 'good' pathogen (higher score) is one that is good at causing disease.


Instructions

Click on "Parvoviridae" on the main page, on the banner image/title for Parvoviridae in the slide show, or "read more" after Parvoviridae.

Placing your mouse over any image on the Parvovirus review page displays copyright information.

N.B.

The site works as any normal site, with the exception of the social networking buttons. There are titles for poxviridae and adenoviridae. These are not the focus of the learning tool, and are only present to give the blog a better look (there is no associated story).

The site has been tested with the Google Chrome browser (preferred) and Firefox browser. Compatibility mode may need to be turned on in newer versions of Internet Explorer.


References

Norris, J. (2013). 'Veterinary Virology Family Parvoviridae'. Lecture notes distributed in the Unit of Study VETS 3040 Veterinary Microbiology, University of Sydney, Camperdown on 6 March 2016

Image sources

Banner image (dog receiving injection): dogkennelcough.org (http://dogkennelcough.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/dog_being_vaccinated.jpg). Accessed 18/04/2013

Remainder of images have source information on the image or as mouse-over text (described above).