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Clinical virology is the field of virology concerned with the study of viruses that cause human pathologies. Veterinary virology, on the other hand, is the field of virology that deals with the prevention and treatment of animal viruses, viral agents and other diseases caused by viruses. For eg., prion diseases, artery virus, pestivirus, etc. Veterinary…

There are many viruses that can infect people and make them sick. One of the most common viral infectious diseases is influenza which are the main causes of flu. Other diseases caused by virus include the common cold, measles, mumps, yellow fever, hepatitis, AIDS, etc. Some virus called oncovirus also leads to a certain form of cancers.…

The virus that possesses DNA as a genetic material is called DNA virus. They are DNA dependent and they replicate using DNA polymerase. They are usually double stranded DNA but in some cases, they can either be single-stranded DNA. Bacteriophages, cyanophages and most of the animal virus are examples of DNA virus. Based on the…

The virus that possesses RNA as genetic material is called RNA virus. They can either be a single-stranded or a double-stranded RNA. Some of the diseases caused by the RNA virus to humans include common cold, hepatitis, polio, West Nile fever, influenza, SARS, and measles. All plant viruses are examples of the RNA virus. Mutation rates…

Viruses are non-cellular microscopic organisms, which are composed of genetic material and protein that can invade living cells. They belong to the family viridae and genus virus. Characteristics of Viruses

Virology is the branch of microbiology which mainly deals with a study of various types of viruses, including their characteristics, agents, submicroscopic, parasitic, viral diseases and particle of genetic material that are present in the protein coat. Virology is a stream of science that mainly focuses on aspects such as their immunity, the ability to…

“Virology is the branch of science that deals with the study of viruses.”