Virologists

Virologists

Virology is the study of viruses; submicroscopic, parasitic particles of genetic material contained in a protein coat. 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 considered to be a subfield of microbiology or of medicine.

Read more about Virologists:  Virus Structure and Classification, Viral Diseases and Host Defenses, Molecular Biology Research and Viral Therapy, Other Uses of Viruses, History of Virology