Molecular virology
By: David R. Harper
Series: Medical perspectives series
Publisher: BIOS Scientific; Distributors, USA and Canada, Books International
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Oxford; Herndon, VA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 154
Subjects: Molecular virology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Virus structure and replication; title: What is a virus; title: Virus classification; title: Virus structure; title: Virus replication; title: Effects of virus infection on the host cell; title: Types of virus infection; title: Viral transformation and oncogenesis; title: Sub-viral infections; title: Viral interactions with the immune system; title: Non-specific immune response; title: Cell-mediated immune response; title: Serological immune response; title: Apoptosis; title: Role of co-stimulation in the immune response; title: Evasion of immune surveillance; title: Epitope mapping; title: Production of specific antisera; title: Passive immunity; title: Medical applications: vaccines and immunotherapy; title: Current vaccines; title: Adjuvants; title: Approaches to vaccine development; title: Possible pathogenic effects of biotechnology-derived vaccines; title: Tailoring of the immune response to vaccination; title: Alternative delivery systems; title: Medical applications: antiviral drugs; title: History of antiviral drug development; title: Current antiviral drugs; title: Resistance to antiviral drugs; title: Combination therapy; title: Interferons; title: Development of antiviral drugs; title: Nucleic acid-based approaches to antiviral drug development; title: Medical applications: cloning and gene therapy; title: Viruses and cloning; title: Construction of a plasmid vector; title: Cloning of viral genes; title: Expression in eukaryotic cells; title: Viral sector systems; title: Gene therapy; title: Biological control; title: Medical applications: molecular diagnostics; title: Immunological assays; title: Nucleic acid detection and amplification; title: Future developments in diagnostic virology