Leeuwenhoek's Legatees and Beijerinck's Beneficiaries : A History of Medical Virology in The Netherlands /

Leeuwenhoek's Legatees and Beijerinck's Beneficiaries : A History of Medical Virology in The Netherlands /

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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 an...

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Main Authors: Doornum, Gerard van (Author), Sankaran, Neeraja (Author)
Other Authors: Helvoort, T. van (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2020
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Beijerinck, M. W. > (Martinus Willem), > 1851-1931.
Medical virology > Netherlands > History > 21st century.
Medical virology > Netherlands > History > 20th century.
Medical virology > Netherlands > History > 19th century.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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