100 Years of Virology

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• Beijerinck’s contribution to the virus concept - an introduction.
• The Prussian State and microbiological research — Friedrich Loeffler and his approach to the “invisible” virus.
• The legacy of Friedrich Loeffler — the Institute on the Isle of Riems.
• The post-Loeffler-Frosch era: contribution of German virologists.
• Importance and impact of veterinary virology in Germany.
• The evolution of viruses, the emergence of viral diseases: a synthesis that Martinus Beijerinck might enjoy.
• Life beyond eradication: veterinary viruses in basic science.
• Immune modulation by proteins secreted from cells infected by vaccinia virus.
• Learning from our foes: a novel vaccine concept for influenza virus.
• Pathogenic aspects of measles virus infections.
• The glycoproteins of Marburg and Ebola virus and their potential roles in pathogenesis.
• Retroviruses: ancient and modern.
• Foot-and-mouth disease and beyond: vaccine design, past, present and future.
• Viruses and gene silencing in plants.
• Viroids and the nature of viroid diseases.