HISTORY | viruses

Edward Jenner introduced the first vaccine that worked, the smallpox vaccine.

Louis Pasteur developed a successful vaccination on Rabies.

Russian scientist by the name Dmitry Ivanovsky wrote the first indication of the biology.

Martinus Beijerinck named the infection a “virus” and this marks the start of virology.

Martinus Beijerinck discovered that have viruses are smaller than bacteria and that they can only be cultured in living things.

The virus is called Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV). This leads to the discovery that microbes can't be cellular, changing the definition of pathogens.

X-ray diffraction patterns were shown very clearly from the tomato bushy stunt virus.

Christopher Andrewes discovered that viruses were different sizes and found out that it also differed in chemical and serological properties.

French scientist showed that viruses that can pass through a filter can be easily transmitted through people and animals.

Howard Temin (1934-1994) discovered and described the first case of retrovirus.

Scientist started negative staining the samples of the viruses that they found to give a higher resolution of virus structures.

Antiviral drugs were made and discovered. It was a turning-point in the history of all viral infections.

Measles remains one of the leading causes of death for young children worldwide, even though a safe vaccine is available.

Polio diesease drops drastically.

Perry Hackett thinks that some viruses can regulate whether retroviral RNA is translated or packaged into particles of the virus.

Smallpox is declared eradicated in the US.

Scientist finally eliminate of the disease of smallpox.

Walter Reed discovered the first human virus, yellow fever which is carried in mosquitoes.

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West African Ebola virus epidemic

Vaccine is licensed of the virus Hepatitis A