Basic virology
By: Edward K. Wagner ... [et al.].
Contributors: Wagner, Edward K.; Wagner, Edward K.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 550
ISBN-13: 9781405147156
Subjects: Viruses; Virus diseases; Virology; Medical virology; Virus Diseases -- virology; Genome, Viral; Virus Replication; Viruses -- pathogenicity
Notes: Rev. ed. of: Basic virology / Edward K. Wagner, Martinez J. Hewlett. 2nd ed. 2004.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the impact of viruses on our view of life; title: An outline of virus replication and viral pathogenesis; title: Virus disease in populations and individual animals; title: Patterns of some viral diseases of humans; title: Virus structure and classification; title: The beginning and end of the virus replication cycle; title: Host immune response to viral infection: the nature of the vertebrate immune response; title: Strategies to protect against and combat viral infection; title: Visualization and enumeration of virus particles; title: Replicating and measuring biological activity of viruses; title: Physical and chemical manipulation of the structural components of viruses; title: Characterization of viral products expressed in the infected cell; title: Viruses use cellular processes to express their genetic information; title: Replication of positive-sense RNA viruses; title: Replication strategies of RNA viruses requiring RNA-directed mRNA transcription as the first step in viral gene expression; title: Replication strategies of small and medium-sized DNA viruses; title: Replication of some nuclear-replicating eukaryotic DNA viruses with large genomes; title: Replication of cytoplasmic DNA viruses and large bacteriophages; title: Retroviruses: converting RNA to DNA; title: HIV and related lentiviruses; title: Hepadnaviruses: variations on the retrovirus theme; title: The molecular genetics of viruses; title: Molecular pathogenesis; title: Viral bioinformatics and beyond; title: Viruses and the future: problems and promises.