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  2. Virology - Wikipedia

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    Virology is the scientific study of biological viruses. It is a subfield of microbiology that focuses on their detection, structure, classification and evolution, their methods of infection and exploitation of host cells for reproduction, their interaction with host organism physiology and immunity, the diseases they cause, the techniques to ...

  3. This Week in Virology - Wikipedia

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    This Week in Virology grew its audience significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic, and although its title remained the same, in early 2020, the frequency of podcasts increased to two or three per week in order to cover breaking news about the dynamic state of research and treatment of the disease. [citation needed]

  4. Category:Virology - Wikipedia

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    Virology is the study of viruses and their properties. ... Satellite viruses (1 C, 12 P) Slow virus diseases (1 C, 7 P) Subviral agents (2 C, 5 P) V. Viroids (18 P)

  5. Glossary of virology - Wikipedia

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    Often simply called an antiviral. A class of antimicrobial medication used specifically for treating diseases caused by viral infections rather than ones caused by bacteria or other infectious agents. Unlike most antibiotics, antivirals typically do not destroy their target viruses but instead inhibit their development. They are distinct from virucides. assembly The construction of the virus ...

  6. Daniel O. Griffin - Wikipedia

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    Daniel O’Connell Griffin (born 15 July 1967) is an American infectious disease specialist. He is president of the nonprofit organization Parasites Without Borders. [1]Co-director of Life Science podcast network Microbe.TV, [2] Griffin broadcasts a weekly COVID Clinical Update [3] as part of This Week in Virology (TWiV) podcasts.

  7. Introduction to viruses - Wikipedia

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    Scanning electron micrograph of HIV-1 viruses, coloured green, budding from a lymphocyte. In 1884, French microbiologist Charles Chamberland invented the Chamberland filter (or Chamberland–Pasteur filter), that contains pores smaller than bacteria.

  8. Influenza B virus - Wikipedia

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    However, the B/Yamagata lineage might have become extinct in 2020/2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic measures. [12] In October 2023, the World Health Organization concluded that protection against the Yamagata lineage was no longer necessary in the seasonal flu vaccine, reducing the number of lineages targeted by the vaccine from four to three.

  9. Koch's postulates - Wikipedia

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    Koch formulated his postulates too early in the history of virology to recognize that many viruses do not cause illness in all infected individuals, a requirement of the first postulate. HIV/AIDS denialism includes claims that the viral spread of HIV/AIDS violates Koch's second postulate, despite that criticism being applicable to all viruses.