microbiology virology http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000821 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C17256 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Virology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virology https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7215 The study of viral – submicroscopic, parasitic particles of genetic material contained in a protein coat – and virus-like agents. It focuses on the following aspects of viruses: their structure, classification and evolution, their ways to infect and exploit host cells for reproduction, their interaction with host organism physiology and immunity, the diseases they cause, the techniques to isolate and culture them, and their use in research and therapy. virologic virological