UNDERSTANDING VIRUSES

UNDERSTANDING VIRUSES

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The ideal text for undergraduate students majoring in biology, microbiology, medical technology, or pre-med, the Second Edition of Understanding Viruses provides a balanced approach to this fascinating discipline, combining the molecular, clinical, and historical aspects of virology. Updated through...

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Main Author: Shors, Teri (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Burlington, MA Jones & Bartlett Learning 2013
Edition:SECOND EDITION
Subjects:
Viruses
Virus physiological phenomena
Virus diseases
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Table of Contents:
  • 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 research 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.

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