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

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
Otros Autores: Doornum, Gerard van, author (author), Helvoort, T. van, editor (editor), Sankaran, Neeraja, author
Formato: Electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press 2020
Baltimore, Maryland : 2020
Edición:1st ed
Materias:
Beijerinck, M. W. > (Martinus Willem), > 1851-1931.
1800-2099
Medical virology > Netherlands > History > 21st century.
Medical virology > Netherlands > History > 20th century.
Medical virology > Netherlands > History > 19th century.
Netherlands.
Electronic books.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009431070506719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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