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Human virology : a text for students of medicine, dentistry, and microbiology / Leslie Collier and John Oxford ; with illustrations by Jim Pipkin.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xviii, 303 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 9780198566601 (pbk.)
  • 0198566603 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 616.9101 COL
Contents:
Contents. - Abbreviations. - PART 1 General principles. - 1. Virology: How it all began. - 2 General properties of viruses. 3 Viral replication and genetics. 4. How viruses cause disease. 5. Resistance to virus infections. 6. Viruses and cancer in humans. 7. Viruses and the community. 8. Upper respiratory tract and eye infections due to adenoviruses, coronaviruses. (including SARS CoV), and rhinoviruses. 9. Childhood infections caused by paramyxoviruses. 10. Orthomyxoviruses and inßuenza. 11. Gastroenteritis viruses. 12 Rubella: postnatal infections. 13. Parvoviruses. 14. Poxviruses. 15. Papovaviruses. 16. Poliomyelitis and other picornavirus infections. 17. The herpesviruses: general properties. 18. The alphaherpesviruses: herpes simplex and varicella-zoster. 19 The betaherpesviruses: cytomegalovirus and human herpesviruses 6 and 7. 20 The gammaherpesviruses: Epstein/Barr virus and Kaposi's. sarcoma-associated herpesvirus. 21 Introduction to the hepatitis viruses sarcoma-associated herpesvirus. 22 The blood-borne hepatitis viruses B and delta. 23 The enteric hepatitis viruses A and E. 24. The bloodborne hepatitis ßaviviruses. 25. Retroviruses and AIDS. 26. Lyssavirus and rabies. 27. Arthropod-borne viruses. 28. Exotic and dangerous infections: Þloviruses, arenaviruses, and hantaviruses. 29. Prions and the spongiform encephalopathies. - PART 3. Special syndromes. 30. Viral diseases of the central nervous system. 31. Intrauterine and perinatal infections. 32. Viral infections in patients with defective immunity. - 33. Respiratory infections. 34 Sexually transmitted viral infections. 35. Resurgent and emergent viral infections. - PART 4. Practical aspects. 36. The laboratory diagnosis of viral infections. 37. Control of viral diseases by immunization. 38. Antiviral chemotherapy. - Appendices. - A. Safety precautions: codes of practice, disinfection, and sterilization. B. Viral infections notiÞable in the UK. - C Suggestions for further reading. - Index.
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Contents. - Abbreviations. - PART 1 General principles. - 1. Virology: How it all began. - 2 General properties of viruses. 3 Viral replication and genetics. 4. How viruses cause disease. 5. Resistance to virus infections. 6. Viruses and cancer in humans. 7. Viruses and the community. 8. Upper respiratory tract and eye infections due to adenoviruses, coronaviruses. (including SARS CoV), and rhinoviruses. 9. Childhood infections caused by paramyxoviruses. 10. Orthomyxoviruses and inßuenza. 11. Gastroenteritis viruses. 12 Rubella: postnatal infections. 13. Parvoviruses. 14. Poxviruses. 15. Papovaviruses. 16. Poliomyelitis and other picornavirus infections. 17. The herpesviruses: general properties. 18. The alphaherpesviruses: herpes simplex and varicella-zoster. 19 The betaherpesviruses: cytomegalovirus and human herpesviruses 6 and 7. 20 The gammaherpesviruses: Epstein/Barr virus and Kaposi's. sarcoma-associated herpesvirus. 21 Introduction to the hepatitis viruses sarcoma-associated herpesvirus. 22 The blood-borne hepatitis viruses B and delta. 23 The enteric hepatitis viruses A and E. 24. The bloodborne hepatitis ßaviviruses. 25. Retroviruses and AIDS. 26. Lyssavirus and rabies. 27. Arthropod-borne viruses. 28. Exotic and dangerous infections: Þloviruses, arenaviruses, and hantaviruses. 29. Prions and the spongiform encephalopathies. - PART 3. Special syndromes. 30. Viral diseases of the central nervous system. 31. Intrauterine and perinatal infections. 32. Viral infections in patients with defective immunity. - 33. Respiratory infections. 34 Sexually transmitted viral infections. 35. Resurgent and emergent viral infections. - PART 4. Practical aspects. 36. The laboratory diagnosis of viral infections. 37. Control of viral diseases by immunization. 38. Antiviral chemotherapy. - Appendices. - A. Safety precautions: codes of practice, disinfection, and sterilization. B. Viral infections notiÞable in the UK. - C Suggestions for further reading. - Index.