Basic virology /
Edward K. Wagner ... [et al.]
- 3rd ed.
- Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2008.
- xxx, 550 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Rev. ed. of: Basic virology / Edward K. Wagner, Martinez J. Hewlett. 2nd ed. 2004.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ch. 1. Introduction: the impact of viruses on our view of life. Ch. 2. An outline of virus replication and viral pathogenesis. Ch. 3. Virus disease in populations and individual animals. Ch. 4. Patterns of some viral diseases of humans. Ch. 5. Virus structure and classification. Ch. 6. The beginning and end of the virus replication cycle. Ch. 7. Host immune response to viral infection: the nature of the vertebrate immune response. Ch. 8. Strategies to protect against and combat viral infection. Ch. 9. Visualization and enumeration of virus particles. Ch. 10. Replicating and measuring biological activity of viruses. Ch. 11. Physical and chemical manipulation of the structural components of viruses. Ch. 12. Characterization of viral products expressed in the infected cell. - Ch. 13. Viruses use cellular processes to express their genetic information. Ch. 14. Replication of positive-sense RNA viruses. Ch. 15. Replication strategies of RNA viruses requiring RNA-directed mRNA transcription as the first step in viral gene expression. Ch. 16. Replication strategies of small and medium-sized DNA viruses. Ch. 17. Replication of some nuclear-replicating eukaryotic DNA viruses with large genomes. Ch. 18. Replication of cytoplasmic DNA viruses and large bacteriophages. Ch. 19. Retroviruses: converting RNA to DNA. Ch. 20. Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV -1) and related lentiviruses. Ch. 21. Hepadnaviruses: variations on the retrovirus theme. Ch. 22. The molecular genetics of viruses. Ch. 23. Molecular pathogenesis. Ch. 24. Viral bioinformatics and beyond. Ch. 25. Viruses and the future: problems and promises.
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Viruses. Virus diseases. Virology. Medical virology.