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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Doornum, Gerard van (Autor), Sankaran, Neeraja (Autor)
Otros Autores: Helvoort, T. van (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2020]
Temas:
Beijerinck, M. W. > (Martinus Willem), > 1851-1931.
Beijerinck, M. W. > (Martinus Willem), > 1851-1931
1800-2099
Medical virology > Netherlands > History > 19th century.
Medical virology > Netherlands > History > 20th century.
Medical virology > Netherlands > History > 21st century.
Virologie médicale > Pays-Bas > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Virologie médicale > Pays-Bas > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Virologie médicale > Pays-Bas > Histoire > 21e siècle.
Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900.
History of medicine.
Medical microbiology and virology.
MEDICAL > History.
Medical virology
Netherlands
Virology-history, History-nineteenth century, History-twentieth century, Virology-methods, Virus diseases- diagnosis, Virus diseases-history.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • List of illustrations
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • Preface
  • 1. Origins in the dark
  • 2. Redefining viruses
  • 3. On the fringes
  • 4. From cell culture to the molecular revolution
  • 5. Medical virology in the Netherlands after 1950
  • 6. Techniques and instruments
  • 7. Dutch virology in the tropics
  • 8. From cancer mice in the roaring 1920s to oncogenes and signalling molecules in the booming 1990s
  • 9. Virus vaccines and immunization programmes
  • 10. Conclusions
  • List of institutes and laboratories
  • References
  • Index

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