Virology
study of viruses
Virulent virus
Extremely severe or harmful form of a virus
Retrovirus
A virus that contains RNA as its genetic information
prophage
the viral DNA that is embedded in the host cell's DNA
Capsid
protein coat surrounding a virus
Prion
Improperly folded protein
Beijerinck
father of virology
Stanley
First to crystallize a virus; determined that viruses are not living
Viroid
molecule smaller than a virus which causes infections
host
An organism on which a parasite lives.
parasite
an organism that lives in or on another organism; one who lives off another person