This category is for plant, animal, and bacterial viruses. Viruses are non living small protein molecules. In the environment they are harmless, however, when they become into contact with a host cell from a plant or animal a sequence of degenerative events occurs. The virus inserts its own genomic material into the host cell and initiates DNA or RNA replication. The host cell burst spreading virions to infect other cells. The most common virus people are affected by is called Influenza.
The category will cover a range of virus diseases, replication, database of structures, current research, images, and organizations.
The dictates of evolution virtually demand that the causes of some of humanity's chronic and most baffling "noninfectious" illnesses will turn out to be pathogens -- that is the radical view of a prominent evolutionary biologist. http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/99feb/germs.htm
The Poxvirus Bioinformatics Resource Center has been established to provide resources to the scientific community for basic research and to facilitate the development of novel antiviral therapies and vaccines against human orthopoxvirus infections as well http://www.poxvirus.org
This page is designed primarily as an introductory manual for students of virology,but anyone who is interested is invited to take a brief "peep" at some of the inhabitants of the microbial Lilliput Land. http://web.uct.ac.za/depts/mmi/stannard/linda.html
Information about research in the laboratory of Robert F. Garry at Tulane University School of Medicine. Includes links to publications and external sites. http://www.tulane.edu/~dmsander/GarryHomePage.html
An annotated directory of Internet resources on microbiology and virology, including gateways to medical microbiology, HIV, AIDS, E. coli, and Ebola information. http://academicinfo.net/microbio.html
Technical knowledge, information, newsgroup, helpful in using the Baculovirus expression vector system and insect cell expression. http://www.baculovirus.com
A forum for investigators of human, animal, insect, plant, fungal, and bacterial viruses, whether the research involves clinical, ecological, biological, or biochemical approaches. http://www.mcw.edu/asv/
Development, standardisation and harmonisation of novel multiplex nucleic acid tests for the detection of economically important viruses of farm animals. http://www.multiplex-eu.org
Specialists in the design and manufacture of virus related antibodies and antigens. A full range of laboratory services is available that includes infectious dose determination, viral protein purification and custom antibody production. http://www.virusys.com
The site describes the services provided by Hepadnavirus Testing, Inc., which uses HBV and DHBV to evaluate disinfectants, inactivation processes, and antiviral drugs for the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. http://www.hvtinc.com
Research on mechanism of viral assembly, DNA packaging, molecular vaccines, antiviral therapy, gene delivery, and chimerical virus displaying antigens or antibodies. http://www.vet.purdue.edu/PeixuanGuo/
Basics about viruses, our bodies' immune systems, information about specific viruses, and how these 'hidden killers' could potentially be used as bio-weapons. There are also weekly/bi-weekly feature articles on various facets that involve viruses. http://library.thinkquest.org/23054/gather/index.shtml
This journal publishes the results of basic research in all branches of virology, including the viruses of vertebrates and invertebrates, plants, bacteria, and yeasts/fungi. http://www.elsevier.com/locate/issn/0042-6822
A comprehensive index of viruses. Includes detailed descriptions on many viruses. It is also called The International Viral Database as approved by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. http://life.anu.edu.au/viruses/
HIV genomic data storage and analysis systems. HIVBase allows one to organize HIV sequence data, perform complex statistical analysis, and collaborate data all in one program. http://www.genejohnson.net
