Title: Clinical virology in oral medicine and dentistry /
Authors: Scully, Crispian.; Samaranayake, Lakshman P.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,
Year: 1992
Subjects: Mouth Infections; Virus diseases; Oral manifestations of general diseases.; Oral medicine.; Dentistry; Cross Infection prevention & control; Dentistry; Mouth Diseases; Oral Manifestations; Virus Diseases
Contents: Fundamental virology -- Structure, classification and replication of viruses -- Cellular and molecular biological aspects of viral infections / M. Cox & C. Scully -- Pathogenesis of and host defences against viral infections -- Clinical and laboratory diagnosis of viral infections / J. Peiris & C. Madeley -- Prevention and treatment of viral infections -- Clinical virology -- Viruses important in dentistry mainly because of oral and perioral manifestations -- Oral and perioral viral infections -- Viruses particularly important in relation to control of cross-infection -- Hepatitis viruses -- Human immunodeficiency viruses -- Other viruses (Epstein-Barr virus, cytomegalovirus, etc.) -- Salivary gland viral infections -- Control of cross-infection / S. Porter -- Other orofacial diseases with a possible viral aetiology -- Viruses and enigmatic orofacial disorders.