Virology is the study of viruses and virus-like agents, including, but not limited to, their taxonomy, disease-producing properties, cultivation, and genetics. Virology is often considered a part of microbiology During the early years of virology, this discipline was dependent upon advances in the chemical and physical sciences; however, viruses soon became tools for probing basic biochemical processes of cells. Viruses have traditionally been viewed in a rather negative context as agents responsible for diseases that must be controlled or eliminated. However, viruses also have certain beneficial properties that can be exploited for useful purposes, as is evident in both gene therapy and vaccinology or pathology. It is a stream of science that mainly focuses on aspects such as their immunity, the ability to destroy or infect the host cells, their evolution, classification, several ways of infecting, different ways of culturing them, various methods to isolate them.

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