000 01478cam a22002534a 4500
005 20230110150204.0
008 120524s2009 maumb b a001 0 eng
010 _a2007-019380
020 _a0763729329 (alk. paper)
020 _a9780763729325 (alk. paper)
035 _a(OCoLC)124505697
050 4 _aRC114.5
_b.S46 2009
100 1 _aShors, Teri.
245 1 0 _aUnderstanding viruses /
_cTeri Shors.
260 _aSudbury, Mass. :
_bJones and Bartlett Publishers,
_cc2009.
300 _axxiv, 639 p. :
_bill. (chiefly col.), maps (chiefly col.) ;
_c28 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 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.
650 0 _aVirus diseases.
650 0 _aViruses.
650 1 2 _aViruses.
650 2 2 _aVirus Diseases.
942 _2lcc
999 _c60001
_d60001