(MSA University Faculty Of Pharmacy, 2019) Professor Bayoumi, Faten; AbdEL Wahed, Mai (AL); AbdEl Latif, Yousra (TA)
Viruses were first described due to infection of tobacco leaves in the end
of the year of the 19th century. The name of the
viruses was coined from Latin word meaning
poison or slimy liquid. Two scientists contributed to
the discovery of the virus, tobacco mosaic virus. In
1892, lvanoski reported that extracted from infected
leaves were still infectious after filtration through chamber land filter
candle. In 1898, Beijerinck was the first showed that the instant was able
to migrate in agar gel, so being an infectious soluble agent. After the
development of porcelain filter, viruses were the first discovered that filter
named the chamber land Pasteur filter was that can remove any visible
bacteria in the microscope from any liquid sample.
