Understanding viruses
Shors, Teri.
Understanding viruses Viruses by Teri Shors. - 2nd ed. - Burlington, MA : Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2013 - xxv, 704 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm. 1 online access code
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.
9781449648923 (pbk.) 9781449635886
2011027487
Virus diseases.
Viruses.
Viruses.
Virus Diseases.
Virus Physiological Phenomena.
RC114.5 / .S46 2013
616.0194 SHO/Und
QW 160
Understanding viruses Viruses by Teri Shors. - 2nd ed. - Burlington, MA : Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2013 - xxv, 704 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm. 1 online access code
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.
9781449648923 (pbk.) 9781449635886
2011027487
Virus diseases.
Viruses.
Viruses.
Virus Diseases.
Virus Physiological Phenomena.
RC114.5 / .S46 2013
616.0194 SHO/Und
QW 160