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Understanding viruses / Teri Shors.

By: Publication details: Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, c2009.Description: xxiv, 639 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (chiefly col.) ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 0763729329 (alk. paper)
  • 9780763729325 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • RC114.5 .S46 2009
Contents:
Introduction to viruses -- Eukaryotic molecular biology and host cell constraints -- Virus replication cycles -- Virus architecture and nomenclature -- Laboratory diagnosis of viral diseases -- Mechanisms of viral entry and spread of infection in the body -- Host resistance to viral infections -- Epidemiology -- The history of medicine, clinical trials, gene therapy, and xenotransplantation -- Viruses and cancer -- Poliovirus and other enteroviruses -- Influenza viruses -- Rabies -- Poxviruses -- Herpesviruses -- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) -- Hepatitis viruses -- New viruses and viruses that are reemerging -- What about prions and viroids? -- Plant viruses -- The best for last: bacteriophages.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to viruses -- Eukaryotic molecular biology and host cell constraints -- Virus replication cycles -- Virus architecture and nomenclature -- Laboratory diagnosis of viral diseases -- Mechanisms of viral entry and spread of infection in the body -- Host resistance to viral infections -- Epidemiology -- The history of medicine, clinical trials, gene therapy, and xenotransplantation -- Viruses and cancer -- Poliovirus and other enteroviruses -- Influenza viruses -- Rabies -- Poxviruses -- Herpesviruses -- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) -- Hepatitis viruses -- New viruses and viruses that are reemerging -- What about prions and viroids? -- Plant viruses -- The best for last: bacteriophages.

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