Viral pathogenesis

Viral pathogenesis

"Viral pathogenesis" is the study of how biological viruses cause diseases in their target hosts, usually carried out at the cellular or molecular level. It is a specialized field of study in virology.

ee also

*pathogen
*pathogenesis


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