October 29th, 2014
Special Pediatric Grand Rounds/ Institute for Molecular Virology Seminar
"Why Lucy Australopithecus Had Varicella 3 Million Years Ago"
Charles Grose, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics,
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases,
University of Iowa Department of Pediatrics
Participants should be able to answer the following questions:
1. Why do so many viruses originate in Africa?
2. When did these viruses originate in geologic times, in other words, how many million years ago?
3. How fast do viruses mutate and do all viruses mutate at the same rate?
Special Location:
Phillips Wangensteen Building (PWB)
Room 11-157
Purple Onion sandwiches will be provided
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