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What is virology?

Virology is the scientific study of biological viruses.

Who is acknowledged as the official beginning of the field of virology as a discipline distinct from bacteriology?

Martinus Beijerinck.

What did Martinus Beijerinck use to describe the mysterious agent in his 'contagium vivum fluidum'?

The word 'virus'.

When was the full structure of the tobacco mosaic virus proposed, and by whom?

<p>Rosalind Franklin proposed the full structure in 1955.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does virology focus on?

<p>Detection, structure, classification and evolution of viruses, 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.</p> Signup and view all the answers