abstract:Viral culture is a laboratory test in which samples are placed with a cell type that the virus being tested for is able to infect. If the cells show changes, known as cytopathic effects, then the culture is positive.
These contemporary examples of the culture of viral panic offer audiences ways to process a number of fears and anxieties that circumscribe our everyday lives in the 21st century.
The dot.com revolution had begun transforming global commerce and culture, and military thinking was infected with viral ideas about how wireless networks might change warfare.