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  THE SCIENCE OF VIROLOGY

  The effect of virus infections on the host organism and populations – viral pathogenesis, virulence, and epidemiology

  The interaction between viruses and their hosts

  The history of virology

  Examples of the impact of viral disease on human history

  Examples of the evolutionary impact of the virus–host interaction

  The origin of viruses

  Viruses have a constructive as well as destructive impact on society

  Viruses are not the smallest self‐replicating pathogens

  QUESTIONS FOR CHAPTER 1