01429cam a22002294a 450000500170000000800410001701000160005802000280007402000310010203500210013305000230015410000170017724500410019426000610023530000710029650400510036750507150041865000200113365000130115365000130116665000200117920230110150204.0120524s2009    maumb    b   a001 0 eng    a2007-019380  a0763729329 (alk. paper)  a9780763729325 (alk. paper)  a(OCoLC)124505697 4aRC114.5b.S46 20091 aShors, Teri.10aUnderstanding viruses /cTeri Shors.  aSudbury, Mass. :bJones and Bartlett Publishers,cc2009.  axxiv, 639 p. :bill. (chiefly col.), maps (chiefly col.) ;c28 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aIntroduction 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. 0aVirus diseases. 0aViruses.12aViruses.22aVirus Diseases.