Understanding viruses / by Teri Shors.
By: Shors, Teri.
Burlington, MA : Jones & Bartlett Learning, c2013Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xxv, 704 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm. + 1 online access code.ISBN: 9780763785536; 9781449648923 (pbk.).Other title: Viruses.Subject(s): Virus diseases | Viruses | Viruses | Virus Diseases | Virus Physiological PhenomenaGenre/Form: Print books.DDC classification: 616.9/1| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | RC114.5 .S46 2013 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000002753 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction to viruses -- Eukaryotic molecular biology and host cell constraints -- Virus architecture and nomenclature -- Virus replication cycles -- Laboratory diagnosis of viral diseases and working with viruses in the reseach laboratory -- Mechanisms of viral entry and spread of infection in the body -- Host resistance to viral infections -- Epidemiology -- The history of medicine, clinical trials, gene therapy, and xenotransplantation -- Viruses and cancer -- Poliovirus and other enteroviruses -- Influenza viruses -- Rabies -- Poxviruses -- Herpesviruses -- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) -- Hepatitis viruses -- New viruses and viruses that are reemerging -- What about prions and viroids? -- Plant viruses -- The best for last : bacteriophages.