Understanding viruses
By: Teri Shors.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Sudbury, Mass
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780763729325
Subjects: Virus diseases; Viruses; Viruses; Virus Diseases
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to viruses; title: Eukaryotic molecular biology and host cell constraints; title: Virus replication cycles; title: Virus architecture and nomenclature; title: Laboratory diagnosis of viral diseases; title: Mechanisms of viral entry and spread of infection in the body; title: Host resistance to viral infections; title: Epidemiology; title: The history of medicine, clinical trials, gene therapy, and xenotransplantation; title: Viruses and cancer; title: Poliovirus and other enteroviruses; title: Influenza viruses; title: Rabies; title: Poxviruses; title: Herpesviruses; title: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); title: Hepatitis viruses; title: Emerging (new) and re-emerging viruses; title: What about prions and viroids?; title: Plant viruses; title: The best for last: bacteriophages.