In this first lecture of my 2020 Columbia University virology course, we define viruses, discuss their discovery and fundamental properties, including whether or not they are alive, and explain why ...
In the 19th century, virology emerged as a field of science that studied minuscule agents capable of causing infections in plants and animals. 1 It is regarded as a branch of microbiology that ...
In this first lecture of my 2020 Columbia University virology course, we define viruses, discuss their discovery and fundamental properties, including whether or not they are alive, and explain why ...