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Virology : principles and applications /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Carter, John B., 1944-
Other Authors: Saunders, Venetia A., 1949-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley, 2013.
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Virology.
Viruses.
Virus diseases.
Virus Diseases.
Ebooks.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book.
Table of Contents:
  • Viruses and their importance
  • Methods used in virology
  • Virus structure
  • Virus transmission
  • Attachment and entry of viruses into cells
  • Virus genome replication
  • Assembly and exit of virions from cells
  • Outcomes of infection for the host
  • Classification and nomenclature of viruses
  • Herpesviruses (and other dsDNA viruses)
  • Parvoviruses (and other ssDNA viruses)
  • Reoviruses (and other dsRNA viruses)
  • Picornaviruses (and other plus-strand RNA viruses)
  • Rhabdoviruses (and other minus-strand RNA viruses)
  • Influenza virus
  • Retroviruses
  • Human immunodeficiency viruses
  • Hepadnaviruses (and other reverse-transcribing DNA viruses)
  • Bacterial viruses
  • Origins and evolution of viruses
  • Emerging viruses
  • Viruses and cancer
  • Survival of infectivity
  • Virus vaccines
  • Anti-viral drugs
  • Prions.