People do not realize how often they come into contact with bacteria and viruses. These microscopic And the worst comes in the form of disease. Even though the overwhelming majority of the encounters with microbes go unnoticed, people are quick to...

At the beginning of the twentieth century, the term "virus" commonly referred to infectious agents that could not be seen under the microscope, trapped by filters, or grown in laboratory cultures. Today the term refers to a minute entity...

Virology, often considered a part of microbiology or of pathology, is the study of biological viruses and virus-like agents: their structure and classification, their ways to infect and exploit cells for virus reproduction, the diseases they cause, the...

Essentials of Diagnostic Virology, edited by Gregory A. Storch, 340 pp, with illus, $55, New York, NY, Churchill Livingstone (telephone: 800-545-2522), 2000, ISBN 0-443-07632-4 Type of Book: A practical guide that documents and consolidates information on the laboratory diagnosis of viral infections in...

There is almost certain to be another outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars), and UK health services are not prepared for it. 'Another outbreak is almost inevitable,' said Ian Jones, professor of virology at the UK's University of Reading. But...

The Tokyo High Court on Thursday upheld the death sentence given to a former cult member for his role in the 1995 nerve gas attack on the city's subway system.Tokyo District Court convicted Seiichi Endo in October 2002 of helping to produce the sarin gas...

Roche Holding AG is scaling back production of its antiviral medicine Tamiflu now that it has filled orders from governments stockpiling the drug in case of a flu pandemic, officials at the Swiss drug maker said Thursday.Still, Roche can boost production if inventory drops too...