Blank H, Haines H
J Invest Dermatol. 1976 Jul;67(1):169-76. doi: 10.1111/1523-1747.ep12513011.
Most of the major advances in modern virology during the past 25 years have been due principally to the development of refined laboratory techniques and tools and have provided a fund of new knowledge and information about the nature of viral infection and pathogenesis. One group of viruses of interest to dermatologists, the herpesviruses, is undergoing intensive biochemical investigation to determine whether it is carcinogenic. As a result of the success of the World Health Organization's campaign to eradicate smallpox, it is predicted that by the end of 1976, smallpox will have been eradicated. Other viruses of dermatologic interest which are now being studied include the agents of warts, molluscum contagiosum, cat-scratch disease, and enteroviruses. Current research in the field of viral chemotherapy may provide the basis for successfully treating these diseases in the future.
在过去25年里，现代病毒学的大多数重大进展主要归功于精密实验室技术和工具的发展，这些进展提供了关于病毒感染本质和发病机制的新知识和信息。皮肤科医生感兴趣的一组病毒——疱疹病毒，正在接受深入的生化研究，以确定它是否具有致癌性。由于世界卫生组织根除天花运动的成功，预计到1976年底，天花将被根除。目前正在研究的其他引起皮肤问题的病毒包括疣、传染性软疣、猫抓病和肠道病毒的病原体。病毒化疗领域目前的研究可能为未来成功治疗这些疾病提供基础。
