Virology is the scientific study of viruses – submicroscopic, parasitic organisms of genetic material contained in a protein coat– and virus-like agents. It focuses on the following aspects of viruses: their structure, classification and evolution, their ways to infect and exploit host cells for reproduction, their interaction with host organism physiology and immunity, the diseases they cause, the techniques to isolate and culture them, and their use in research and therapy. Virology is a subfield of microbiology. The identification of the causative agent of tobacco mosaic disease as a novel pathogen by Martinus Beijerinck (1898) is now acknowledged as being the official beginning of the field of virology as a discipline distinct from bacteriology. He realized the source was neither a bacterial nor a fungal infection, but something completely different. Beijerinck used the word ‘virus’ to describe the mysterious agent in his ‘contagium vivum fluidum’ (‘contagious living fluid’). It was the first time anyone used the word the way we do today.
Sample Chapter(s)
Preface (49 KB)
Components of the Book:
- Chapter 1
A Review on Hepatitis D: From Virology to New Therapies
- Chapter 2
Beak and Feather Disease Virus in Wild and Captive Parrots: An Analysis of Geographic and Taxonomic Distribution and Methodological Trends
- Chapter 3
Mers Coronavirus: Diagnostics, Epidemiology and Transmission
- Chapter 4
Analysis of Coevolution in Nonstructural Proteins of Chikungunya Virus
- Chapter 5
Proceedings of The 8th Romanian National HIV AIDS Congress and The 3rd Central European HIV Forum
- Chapter 6
Virology and Cell Biology of the Hepatitis C Virus Life Cycle – An Update
- Chapter 7
Host Cytoskeleton in Respiratory Syncytial Virus Assembly and Budding
- Chapter 8
Quantitative PCR Detection and Characterisation of Human Adenovirus, Rotavirus and Hepatitis A Virus in Discharged Effluents of Two Wastewater Treatment Facilities in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
- Chapter 9
New Advances in Immune Components Mediating Viral Control in the Cns
- Chapter 10
Advances in the Development of Entry Inhibitors for Sialic-Acid-Targeting Viruses
- Chapter 11
Molecular Advances in Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Associated Coronavirus (SARS-CoV)
- Chapter 12
Combined Genetic Variants of Human Cytomegalovirus Envelope Glycoproteins as Congenital Infection Markers
- Chapter 13
Wildebeest-Associated Malignant Catarrhal Fever: Perspectives for Integrated Control of A Lymphoproliferative Disease of Cattle in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Chapter 14
Recent Advances in Antiviral Drug Development Towards Dengue Virus
- Chapter 15
Icosahedral virus structures and the protein data bank
Readership:
Students, academics, teachers and other people attending or interested in Advances in Virology.
Nathalie Mentha
Department of Pathology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
Deborah J. Fogell
Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NZ, UK
Ian M. Mackay
Department of Health, Public and Environmental Health Virology Laboratory, Forensic and Scientific Services, Archerfield, QLD, Australia
Jean A. Lednicky
Environmental and Global Health, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Box 100188, Gainesville, FL 32610-0188, USA
Shadi Shahriari
Respiratory Virology Group, Health Research Institute, Faculty of Education, Science, Technology and Mathematics, University of Canberra, Canberra 2617, Australia
Jean Dubuisson
Institut Pasteur de Lille, Center for Infection & Immunity of Lille (CIIL), F-59019 Lille, France; 2 CNRS UMR8204, F-59021 Lille, France
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