Virology

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• Health: Conditions and Diseases: Immune Disorders  (784)
• Health: Conditions and Diseases: Infectious Diseases: Viral  (644)
• Health: Medicine: Medical Specialties: Infectious Diseases  (2)
• Science: Biology: Flora and Fauna: Viruses  (19)
• Science: Biology: Theoretical Biology  (27)

• All the Virology on the WWW   - Links to virology information, collection of virus pictures, virology bookshop, jobs, and course notes.

• American Society for Virology - A forum for investigators of human, animal, insect, plant, fungal and bacterial viruses in areas such as clinical, ecological, biological or biochemical research.
• Antiviral Intelistrat - Database of antiviral drugs and vaccines. It regroups over 1700 product files containing detailed information on compounds and vaccines related to the prevention or treatment of viral diseases. Subscription needed.
• Baculovirus.com - Technical knowledge, information, newsgroup, helpful in using the Baculovirus expression vector system and insect cell expression.
• Blogging for Bacteriophages - Blog by Tim Sampson who takes a look at recent developments in the world of microbiology.
• Chicken Flu: Recombinant Genes on the Loose - Information regarding viral genes, replication, and strain evolution. Written in 1997 but updated in 2005.
• EVA: European Virus Archive - Project aiming to create a European network of high calibre laboratories with the expertise to collect, amplify, characterise, standardise, authenticate, distribute and track all viruses.
• GeneJohnson Inc. - HIV genomic data storage and analysis systems. HIVBase allows one to organize HIV sequence data, perform complex statistical analysis, and collaborate data all in one program.
• Hepadnavirus Testing, Inc. - The site describes the services provided by Hepadnavirus Testing, Inc., which uses HBV and DHBV to evaluate disinfectants, inactivation processes, and antiviral drugs for the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries.
• Hidden Killers--Deadly Viruses - Basics about viruses, our bodies' immune systems, information about specific viruses, and how these 'hidden killers' could potentially be used as bio-weapons. There are also weekly/bi-weekly feature articles on various facets that involve viruses.
• HIV Sequence Database - Collection HIV and related genetic sequence data and computer analyses - from the Los Alamos Natl. Lab.
• Introduction to Molecular Virology - Prepared by virologist Ed Rybicki of the Department of Microbiology at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.
• Journal of General Virology - Archive of downloadable PDF virus journals.
• The Journal of Virology Online - Online version of the Journal of Virology, the premier journal for peer-reviewed papers on virology research.
• Medical Virology - Scientific findings, clinical therapies research, and public health aspects on viruses of medical importance.
• The Molecules of HIV - The life cycle, immune response, and schematic diagram of the human immuno-deficiency virus.
• National Collection of Pathogenic Viruses - NCPV preserves well-characterised, authenticated human pathogenic viruses in a secure facility. The agents or nucleic acids derived from these viruses are supplied to the worldwide scientific community according to national and international guidelines.
• A New Germ Theory - The dictates of evolution virtually demand that the causes of some of humanity's chronic and most baffling "noninfectious" illnesses will turn out to be pathogens -- that is the radical view of a prominent evolutionary biologist.
• Paramyxoviruses - Information from Wikipedia on these negative-sense single-stranded RNA viruses, responsible for a number of human and animal diseases, including their taxonomy, morphology and pathogenesis.
• The Phage Phorum - A place to find general information regarding biophages and an open discussion of topics related to biophages.
• Plant Virology - Introduction to virus structure, transmission, and transport.
• Poxvirus Bioinformatics Resource - The Poxvirus Bioinformatics Resource Center has been established to provide resources to the scientific community for basic research and to facilitate the development of novel antiviral therapies and vaccines against human orthopoxvirus infections as well as approaches for environmental detection of virions and the rapid diagnosis of disease.
• Retrovirology - A peer reviewed journal that publishes reviews and original research on retroviruses.
• Seminars in Virology - Review journal dedicated to keeping scientists informed of developments in the field of virology on a topic by topic basis.
• UK Clinical Virology Network - News, clinical tests, and current viruses in circulation.
• Veterinary Virology - Lecture presentation on the replication of viruses within animals cells.
• Viper: Virus Particle Explorer - Descriptions of icosahedral virus capsid structures, along with structural and computational analysis.
• Viral Replication - Description of the hepatitis virus replication process.
• Viral Replication - Information from Wikipedia on the attachment, entry, and expression of viral genomic material in host cells.
• Viralman - Educational site for students provided by H.Niazmand at Azad University of Kazeroun, with downloads and an image gallery.
• VirHostNet - Knowledgebase for virus-host and protein-protein interaction networks.
• Virology - This journal publishes the results of basic research in all branches of virology, including the viruses of vertebrates and invertebrates, plants, bacteria, and yeasts/fungi.
• Virology Down Under - An Australian based portal and educational site providing links and information on human viruses and related areas of science.
• Virus Databases Online - A comprehensive index of viruses provided by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. Also provides a picture gallery, identification tool and software tools.
• Virus Ultrastructure - This page is designed primarily as an introductory manual for students of virology,but anyone who is interested is invited to take a brief "peep" at some of the inhabitants of the microbial Lilliput Land.
• Virusys Corporation - Specialists in the design and manufacture of virus related antibodies and antigens. A full range of laboratory services is available that includes infectious dose determination, viral protein purification and custom antibody production.
• Wadsworth Center - New York State Department of Health - Information and images regarding; Rabies virus, Herpes virus, Enteroviruses, Norwalk virus, Human Parvovirus B19 and Rotavirus.
• What the Heck is a Virus? - Provides a relatively easy to understand answer to this question.