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Several hundred virus diseases are now recognized as such, but the chemical compositions of relatively few viruses have been reported. The main reasons for this situation are that many interesting experiments can be done without precise information about viral composition, and it is not easy to obtain all viruses in a state of purity adequate for analysis. Finally, it is somewhat tedious to perform complete and thorough analyses of viruses even when they can be obtained in adequate amounts and in sufficient purity. Consequently, it is common for investigators to make just those analyses most pertinent to a particular topic under investigation.
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Knight, C.A. (1975). Composition of Viruses. In: Chemistry of Viruses. Springer Study Edition. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-85899-4_3
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