Twelve papers, and extracts of 20 others, from an October 1990 symposium in Newport Beach, California, discuss such subjects as the changing trends of diagnostic virology in a tertiary care medical center, host and transmission factors in measles mortality, programmed antigenic stimulation as a new
Twelve papers, and extracts of 20 others, from an October 1990 symposium in Newport Beach, California, discuss such subjects as the changing trends of...
It would have been difficult at the beginning of the 80's to have predicted that by the end of the decade, Medical Virology would have become one of the most important topics in the area of both basic and clinical research. Although we were expecting a progressive increase in awareness of the role played by viruses in different diseases, we did not expect the outbreak of a fatal disease that was going to shake the roots of our society. The appearance of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) in the early 80's, has prompted a unique re- search impetus in the area of Medical Virology. The...
It would have been difficult at the beginning of the 80's to have predicted that by the end of the decade, Medical Virology would have become one of t...
