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Biothermodynamics of Viruses from Absolute Zero (1950) To – Virothermodynamics (2022)
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: Received: 6 November 2022 / Approved: 7 November 2022 / Online: 7 November 2022 (08:41:22 CET)
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Popovic, M. Biothermodynamics of Viruses from Absolute Zero (1950) to Virothermodynamics (2022). Vaccines 2022, 10, 2112. Popovic, M. Biothermodynamics of Viruses from Absolute Zero (1950) to Virothermodynamics (2022). Vaccines 2022, 10, 2112.
Abstract
Biothermodynamics of viruses is among the youngest, but rapidly developing scientific disciplines. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has closely followed the results published by molecular biologists. Empirical formulas were published for 50 viruses and thermodynamic properties for multiple viruses and virus variants, including all variants of concern of SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV, MERS-COV, Ebola virus, Vaccinia and Monkeypox virus. A review of development of biothermodynamics of viruses during the last several decades and intense development during the last 3 years has been described in this paper.
Keywords
Thermodynamics; Calorimetry; Entropy; Enthalpy; Gibbs energy; Virus-host interaction; SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; Ebola virus
Subject
Biology and Life Sciences, Virology
Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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