100 Years of Virology : the Birth and Growth of a Discipline /
One hundred years ago, when Martinus W. Beijerinck in Delft and Friedrich Loeffler on Riems Island discovered a new class of infectious agents in plants and animals, a new discipline was born. This book, a compilation of papers written by well-recognized scientists, gives an impression of the early...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Vienna :
Springer Vienna,
1999.
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| Series: | Archives of Virology. Supplementa ;
15. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | One hundred years ago, when Martinus W. Beijerinck in Delft and Friedrich Loeffler on Riems Island discovered a new class of infectious agents in plants and animals, a new discipline was born. This book, a compilation of papers written by well-recognized scientists, gives an impression of the early days, the pioneer period and the current state of virology. Recent developments and future perspectives of this discipline are sketched against a historic background. With contributions by A. Alcami, D. Baulcombe, F. Brown, L.W. Enquist, H. Feldmann, A. Garcia-Sastre, D. Griffiths, M.C. Horzinek, A. van Kammen, H.-D. Klenk, F.A. Murphy, T. Muster, R. O'Neill, P. Palese, C. Patience, R. Rott, H.- P. Schmiedebach, S. Schneider-Schaulies, G.L. Smith, J.A. Symons, Y. Takeuchi, V. ter Meulen, P.J.W. Venables, V.E. Volchkov, V.A. Volchkova, R.A. Weiss, W. Wittmann, H. Zheng. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 224 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9783709164259 (electronic bk.) 3709164257 (electronic bk.) |
| ISSN: | 0939-1983 ; |