Virology
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Virology

Principles and Applications

  1. 400 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Virology

Principles and Applications

About this book

The second edition of Virology is an accessible introduction designed to enable students to understand the principles of virus structure, replication and genetics. The aim of this book is to help the reader appreciate the relevance of virology in the modern world, including the fields of vaccines, anti-viral drugs and cancer. There is also a chapter on prions. The second edition has been extensively revised and updated to reflect the many developments in virology and offers deeper insights into the subject. Newly-discovered viruses are discussed and there is an additional chapter on the influenza virus.

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Information

Publisher
Wiley
Year
2014
Print ISBN
9781119991427
eBook ISBN
9781118629802

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Brief Contents
  5. Contents
  6. Preface to Second Edition
  7. Preface to First Edition
  8. Abbreviations Used in This Book
  9. Greek Letters Used in This Book
  10. Color Coding for Molecules
  11. Chapter 1: Viruses and Their Importance
  12. Chapter 2: Methods Used in Virology
  13. Chapter 3: Virus Structure
  14. Chapter 4: Virus Transmission
  15. Chapter 5: Attachment and Entry of Viruses into Cells
  16. Chapter 6: Transcription, Translation, and Transport
  17. Chapter 7: Virus Genome Replication
  18. Chapter 8: Assembly and Exit of Virions from Cells
  19. Chapter 9: Outcomes of Infection for the Host
  20. Chapter 10: Classification and Nomenclature of Viruses
  21. Chapter 11: Herpesviruses (and Other dsDNA Viruses)
  22. Chapter 12: Parvoviruses (and Other ssDNA Viruses)
  23. Chapter 13: Reoviruses (and Other dsRNA Viruses)
  24. Chapter 14: Picornaviruses (and Other Plus-Strand RNA Viruses)
  25. Chapter 15: Rhabdoviruses (and Other Minus-Strand RNA Viruses)
  26. Chapter 16: Influenza Virus
  27. Chapter 17: Retroviruses
  28. Chapter 18: Human Immunodeficiency Viruses
  29. Chapter 19: Hepadnaviruses (and Other Reverse-Transcribing DNA Viruses)
  30. Chapter 20: Bacterial Viruses
  31. Chapter 21: Origins and Evolution of Viruses
  32. Chapter 22: Emerging Viruses
  33. Chapter 23: Viruses and Cancer
  34. Chapter 24: Survival of Infectivity
  35. Chapter 25: Virus Vaccines
  36. Chapter 26: Anti-viral Drugs
  37. Chapter 27: Prions
  38. Virologists' Vocabulary
  39. Index