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第6回国際ウイルス学会議 << 1984年(昭和59年) 9月1日 >> 2-4-493

International Conferense of Virology
Issued on September 1, 1984 (Showa 59)

International Conferense of Virology
Issued on September 1, 1984 (Showa 59)
The International Committee on Taxonomy (ICTV) intends to develop a universal classification system for viruses, naming and classifying all viruses that affect living organisms. ICTV is composed and managed by the Virology Division of the International Union of Microbiological Sciences (IUMS).
The stamp was issued in commemoration of the "6th International Virus Conference" held in Tokyo in September 1984, and a "model drawing of virus particles" was designed.This leaf publishes the first and second collections.