Invasion of the virions

Episode of Series “Horizon”.
Investigates the different sorts of virions, where they come, and why they succeed in taking over so completely. Why they are so difficult to fight and how do the virions manage to hide away in the body only to re-emerge later.

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Credits

producer

Richard Reisz

production company

BBC-TV

Duration

00:52:10:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1980

Appears in

Group of items

Horizon

Explore

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

014989

Language

English

Subject categories

Animals & Wildlife → Microbiology

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Health education

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medicine - Research

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Virus diseases

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Microbiology

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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United Kingdom, 1980

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