Medical Virology

Medical virology and medical microbiology are concerned with the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of infection spread in hospitals and the community.

Despite the fact that both of these specialisations are lab-based, they are crucial to the clinical therapy of infections. Medical virologists do their research in many different places, such as labs, clinics, hospital wards, and the general public. They deal with problems brought on by newly developing and long-standing viruses like SARS and avian flu, in addition to HIV/AIDS and other blood-borne illnesses like hepatitis B and C.

Medial virology encompass the classification, diagnosis, epidemiology, immunology, and pathogenesis of viral infections in humans, as well as fundamental studies on the morphology, genetics, replication, and host-cell interactions of viruses.

Understanding the pathogenetic mechanisms by which viruses enter, spread inside, and depart the body is also crucial for proper illness diagnosis and treatment. There are many aspects of medical virology that are currently well understood, many more that are still uncertain, and some that are slowly becoming vibrant. The properties of viruses and the interactions they have with their hosts are important to understand in order to successfully explore and treat viral pathologic diseases.