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Shors, Teri.
Understanding viruses / Teri Shors. - Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2009. - xxiv, 639 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm.
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.
9780763729325 (alk. paper) 0763729329 (alk. paper)
Viruses.
Virus diseases
RC114.5 / .S46 2009
616.91 / S559
Understanding viruses / Teri Shors. - Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2009. - xxiv, 639 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm.
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.
9780763729325 (alk. paper) 0763729329 (alk. paper)
Viruses.
Virus diseases
RC114.5 / .S46 2009
616.91 / S559