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Virology
principals
Topics
•
Nature of virus as etiological agent
•
Viral Taxonomy
•
Viral replication
•
Pathogenesis of viral disease
•
Viral genetics
•
Mechanism of infection
•
Lab diagnosis of viral diseases
•
Vaccination against viral diseases
Although Louis
Pasteur and Edward
Jenner developed the
first vaccines to protect against
viral infections, they did not
know that viruses existed.
The first evidence of the
existence of viruses came from
experiments with filters that had
pores small enough to retain
bacteria. In 1892
, Dmitri Ivanovsky used one of
these filters to show that sap
from a diseased tobacco plant
The first evidence of the
existence of viruses came from
experiments with filters that had
pores small enough to retain
bacteria. In 1892, Dmitri
Ivanovsky used one of these
filters to show that sap from a
diseased tobacco
plant remained infectious to
healthy tobacco plants despite
having been filtered.
Martinus Beijerinck called the
filtered, infectious substance a
"virus" and this discovery is
considered to be the beginning
of virology.
The subsequent discovery
and partial characterization
of bacteriophages by Frede
rick Twort and Félix
d'Herelle further catalyzed
the field, and by the early
20th century many viruses
had been discovered.
In 1926, Thomas Milton
Rivers defined viruses as
obligate parasites. Viruses were
demonstrated to be particles,
rather than a fluid
by Wendell Meredith Stanley,
and
the invention of the electron
microscope in 1931 allowed
their complex structures to be
visualized.

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Virology history.pdf

  • 2. Topics • Nature of virus as etiological agent • Viral Taxonomy • Viral replication • Pathogenesis of viral disease • Viral genetics • Mechanism of infection • Lab diagnosis of viral diseases • Vaccination against viral diseases
  • 3. Although Louis Pasteur and Edward Jenner developed the first vaccines to protect against viral infections, they did not know that viruses existed.
  • 4. The first evidence of the existence of viruses came from experiments with filters that had pores small enough to retain bacteria. In 1892 , Dmitri Ivanovsky used one of these filters to show that sap from a diseased tobacco plant
  • 5. The first evidence of the existence of viruses came from experiments with filters that had pores small enough to retain bacteria. In 1892, Dmitri Ivanovsky used one of these filters to show that sap from a diseased tobacco plant remained infectious to healthy tobacco plants despite having been filtered.
  • 6. Martinus Beijerinck called the filtered, infectious substance a "virus" and this discovery is considered to be the beginning of virology.
  • 7. The subsequent discovery and partial characterization of bacteriophages by Frede rick Twort and Félix d'Herelle further catalyzed the field, and by the early 20th century many viruses had been discovered.
  • 8.
  • 9. In 1926, Thomas Milton Rivers defined viruses as obligate parasites. Viruses were demonstrated to be particles, rather than a fluid by Wendell Meredith Stanley, and the invention of the electron microscope in 1931 allowed their complex structures to be visualized.