Leeuwenhoek's Legatees and Beijerinck's Beneficiaries A History of Medical Virology in The Netherlands / Gerard van Doornum, Ton van Helvoort, Neeraja Sankaran.
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TextPublisher: Project Muse, Manufacturer: Project MUSE, Description: 1 online resource (359 pages) : illustrationsISBN: 9789048544066Subject(s): Beijerinck, M. W. (Martinus Willem), 1851-1931 | Medical virology -- Netherlands -- History -- 21st century | Medical virology -- Netherlands -- History -- 20th century | Medical virology -- Netherlands -- History -- 19th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books. | Electronic books. Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification: 616.9/101 LOC classification: QR359.5.N4 | D66 2020Online resources: Full text available: | Item type | Current library | Call number | URL | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [295]-347) and indexes.
Origins in the dark -- Redefining viruses -- On the fringes -- From cell culture to the molecular revolution -- Medical virology in the Netherlands after 1950 -- Techniques and instruments -- Dutch virology in the tropics -- From cancer mice in the roaring 1920s to oncogenes and signalling molecules in the booming 1990s -- Virus vaccines and immunization programmes.
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This book offers a tour of the history of medical virology in the Netherlands from the nineteenth century to the new millennium. Beginning with the discovery of the first virus by Martinus Beijerinck in 1898, the authors investigate the reception and redefinition of his concept in medical circles and its implications for medical practice, particularly in the diagnosis and prevention of viral infections. The relatively slow progress of these areas in the first half of the twentieth century and their explosive growth in the wake of molecular techniques are examined. The surveillance and control of virus diseases in the field of public health is treated in depth, as are tumour virus research and the important Dutch contributions to technical developments instrumental in advancing virology worldwide. Particular attention is paid to oft forgotten virus research in the former Dutch colonies in the East and West Indies and Africa.
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