Virogeny

Virogeny (from the Latin virus - “virus” and the Greek εγείνεσθαι - “to manifest”) in biology refers to the phenomenon of virological interaction of viral and bacterial infections.

Despite the fact that viruses have been the object of study for a very long time, they have been considered only from the point of view of their effect on host cells, their relationships in the population, and their impact on the host at the final stage of the infectious process cycle. The familiarization of scientists with infectious agents as components of complex organisms for some period pushed the spread of ideas about viruses into the background. When in the 30s of the XX century. views on microorganisms have changed significantly, the need to identify additional features of these submicroscopic infectious agents that would predetermine their tropism to certain