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Basic virology / Edward K. Wagner ... [et al.].

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2008.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xxx, 550 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 9781405147156 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1405147156 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 579.2 23
LOC classification:
  • QR360 .W26 2008
NLM classification:
  • 2007 L-599
  • WC 500
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Contents:
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- pt. 1. Virology and viral disease -- ch. 1. Introduction : the impact of viruses on our view of life -- ch. 2. An outline of virus replication and viral pathogenesis -- ch. 3. Virus disease in populations and individual animals -- ch. 4. Patterns of some viral diseases of humans -- pt. 2. Basic properties of viruses and virus-cell interaction -- ch. 5. Virus structure and classification -- ch. 6. The beginning and end of the virus replication cycle -- ch. 7. Host immune response to viral infection : the nature of the vertebrate immune response -- ch. 8. Strategies to protect against and combat viral infection -- pt. 3. Working with virus -- ch. 9. Visualization and enumeration of virus particles -- ch. 10. Replicating and measuring biological activity of viruses -- ch. 11. Physical and chemical manipulation of the structural components of viruses -- ch. 12. Characterization of viral products expressed in the infected cell -- ch. 13. Viruses use cellular processes to express their genetic information --
pt. 4. Replication patterns of specific viruses -- ch. 14. Replication of positive-sense RNA viruses -- ch. 15. Replication strategies of RNA viruses requiring RNA-directed mRNA transcription as the first step in viral gene expression -- ch. 16. Replication strategies of small and medium-sized DNA viruses -- ch. 17. Replication of some nuclear-replicating eukaryotic DNA viruses with large genomes -- ch. 18. Replication of cytoplasmic DNA viruses and "large" bacteriophages -- ch. 19. Retroviruses : converting RNA to DNA -- ch. 20. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIN-1) and related lentiviruses -- ch. 21. Hepadnaviruses : variations on the retrovirus theme -- pt. 5. Viruses : new approaches and new problems -- ch. 22. The molecular genetics of viruses -- ch. 23. Molecular pathogenesis -- ch. 24. Viral bioinformatics and beyond -- ch. 25. Viruses and the future : problems and promises -- Appendix : Resource center -- Technical glossary -- Index.
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Rev. ed. of: Basic virology / Edward K. Wagner, Martinez J. Hewlett. 2nd ed. 2004.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Acknowledgments -- pt. 1. Virology and viral disease -- ch. 1. Introduction : the impact of viruses on our view of life -- ch. 2. An outline of virus replication and viral pathogenesis -- ch. 3. Virus disease in populations and individual animals -- ch. 4. Patterns of some viral diseases of humans -- pt. 2. Basic properties of viruses and virus-cell interaction -- ch. 5. Virus structure and classification -- ch. 6. The beginning and end of the virus replication cycle -- ch. 7. Host immune response to viral infection : the nature of the vertebrate immune response -- ch. 8. Strategies to protect against and combat viral infection -- pt. 3. Working with virus -- ch. 9. Visualization and enumeration of virus particles -- ch. 10. Replicating and measuring biological activity of viruses -- ch. 11. Physical and chemical manipulation of the structural components of viruses -- ch. 12. Characterization of viral products expressed in the infected cell -- ch. 13. Viruses use cellular processes to express their genetic information --

pt. 4. Replication patterns of specific viruses -- ch. 14. Replication of positive-sense RNA viruses -- ch. 15. Replication strategies of RNA viruses requiring RNA-directed mRNA transcription as the first step in viral gene expression -- ch. 16. Replication strategies of small and medium-sized DNA viruses -- ch. 17. Replication of some nuclear-replicating eukaryotic DNA viruses with large genomes -- ch. 18. Replication of cytoplasmic DNA viruses and "large" bacteriophages -- ch. 19. Retroviruses : converting RNA to DNA -- ch. 20. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIN-1) and related lentiviruses -- ch. 21. Hepadnaviruses : variations on the retrovirus theme -- pt. 5. Viruses : new approaches and new problems -- ch. 22. The molecular genetics of viruses -- ch. 23. Molecular pathogenesis -- ch. 24. Viral bioinformatics and beyond -- ch. 25. Viruses and the future : problems and promises -- Appendix : Resource center -- Technical glossary -- Index.

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