Title Leeuwenhoek's legatees and Beijerinck's beneficiaries : a history of medical virology in the Netherlands / Gerard van Doornum, Ton van Helvoort, Neeraja Sankaran

Published Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2020]

Click on the following:
JSTOR Open Access

Copies

Description 1 online resource Contents Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- 1. Origins in the dark -- 2. Redefining viruses -- 3. On the fringes -- 4. From cell culture to the molecular revolution -- 5. Medical virology in the Netherlands after 1950 -- 6. Techniques and instruments -- 7. Dutch virology in the tropics -- 8. From cancer mice in the roaring 1920s to oncogenes and signalling molecules in the booming 1990s -- 9. Virus vaccines and immunization programmes -- 10. Conclusions -- List of institutes and laboratories -- References -- Index Summary 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 and its implications for medical practice, particularly in the diagnosis and prevention of viral infections. The relatively slow progress of these areas in the first half of the twentieth century and their explosive growth in the wake of molecular techniques are examined. The surveillance and control of virus diseases in the field of public health is treated in depth, as are tumour virus research and the important Dutch contributions to technical developments instrumental in advancing virology worldwide. Particular attention is paid to oft forgotten virus research in the former Dutch colonies in the East and West Indies and Africa Analysis Virology-history, History-nineteenth century, History-twentieth century, Virology-methods, Virus diseases- diagnosis, Virus diseases-history Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Beijerinck, M. W. (Martinus Willem), 1851-1931. SUBJECT Beijerinck, M. W. (Martinus Willem), 1851-1931 Beijerinck, M. W. (Martinus Willem), 1851-1931 fast Subject Medical virology -- Netherlands -- History -- 19th century Medical virology -- Netherlands -- History -- 20th century Medical virology -- Netherlands -- History -- 21st century Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900. History of medicine. Medical microbiology and virology. MEDICAL -- History. Medical virology SUBJECT Netherlands https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009426 Subject Netherlands Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book Author Sankaran, Neeraja, author. Helvoort, T. van, editor. ISBN 9789048544066 9048544068

  Permalink