virology
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Virology is the scientific study of viruses—tiny infectious agents that can infect living cells and cause disease in humans, animals, and plants. It matters because understanding how viruses work helps scientists develop treatments, vaccines, and prevention strategies to protect public health.
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- History
- Detecting viruses
- Electron microscopy
- Growth in cultures
- Serology
- Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and other nucleic acid detection methods
- Diagnostic tests
- Quantitation and viral loads
- Infectivity assays
- Viral load assays
- Molecular biology
- Purifying viruses and their components
- Centrifugation
- Electrophoresis
- Sequencing of viral genomes
- Phylogenetic analysis
- Cloning
- Phage virology
- Genetics
- Reassortment
- Recombination
- Reverse genetics
- Virus classification
- ICTV classification
- Baltimore classification
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
thumb|Gamma phage, an example of virus particles (visualised by electron microscopy)
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 isolate and culture them, and their use in research and therapy.