Intro Flashcards
Virology
Virologist
study of viruses
someone who studies viruses
importance of studying viruses (3)
high rates of mortality
alot of $$ loss
zoonotic
what type of parasite are viruses
obligate intracellular parasite - dormant outside host, inside host virus hijacks host cell machinery
how do viruses reproduce
ASSEMBLY LINE
virion
complete virus particle - mature form
virus
broad term describing any aspect of the virus - immature form, inactivated particles, etc.
viroid
infectious particle smaller than any known virus, agent of plant disease with small circular RNA and no protein coat
Edward Jenner
put cowpox into arm of a boy who became immune and did not get small pox = vaccinated
louis pasteur
injected rabies into boys bitten by rabid dog and they survived
chamberland filter
had pores smaller than bacT
discovered viruses
impt in tobacco mosaic virus experiment
tobacco mosaic experiment
-person
-idea behind it
dmitri ivanovski
cell debris: leaf is healthy
cell filtrate: leaf died because virus fit through filter = virus killed
friedrich loeffler and paul frosch
passed first animal virus and discovered foot and mouth disease
walter reed
discovered yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitos
peyton rouse
oncogenic virus - tumor causing virus
-rous sarcoma virus
who invented electron microscope
Ruska and Knoll
