100 Years of Virology: The Birth and Growth of a Discipline

Front Matter....Pages I-VII
Beijerinck’s contribution to the virus concept — an introduction....Pages 1-8
The Prussian State and microbiological research — Friedrich Loeffler and his approach to the “invisible” virus....Pages 9-23
The legacy of Friedrich Loeffler — the Institute on the Isle of Riems....Pages 25-42
The post-Loeffler-Frosch era: contribution of German virologists....Pages 43-61
Importance and impact of veterinary virology in Germany....Pages 63-72
The evolution of viruses, the emergence of viral diseases: a synthesis that Martinus Beijerinck might enjoy....Pages 73-85
Life beyond eradication: veterinary viruses in basic science....Pages 87-109
Immune modulation by proteins secreted from cells infected by vaccinia virus....Pages 111-129
Learning from our foes: a novel vaccine concept for influenza virus....Pages 131-138
Pathogenic aspects of measles virus infections....Pages 139-158
The glycoproteins of Marburg and Ebola virus and their potential roles in pathogenesis....Pages 159-169
Retroviruses: ancient and modern....Pages 171-177
Foot-and-mouth disease and beyond: vaccine design, past, present and future....Pages 179-188
Viruses and gene silencing in plants....Pages 189-201
Viroids and the nature of viroid diseases*....Pages 203-220
Back Matter....Pages 221-223