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Human virology / Prof Leslie Collier, Prof John Oxford, Dr Paul Kellam.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford: Oxford University Press, c2006.Edition: -3rd edDescription: xviii, 303p.: col. ill.; 27.5 cmISBN:
  • 9780198566601
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QR201.C652006
Contents:
Part 1 General principles -- Virology: how it all began and where it will go next -- General properties of viruses -- Viral replication and genetics -- How viruses cause disease -- Resistance of the human body to virus infections -- Viruses and the community: the science and practice of epidemiology -- Part 2 Specific viruses -- Group 1: positive-sense single-stranded RNA viruses -- Picornaviruses: polio, hepatitis A, enterovirus, and common cold -- Astroviruses: gastroenteritis agents -- Caliciviruses: norovirus causing vomiting and diarrhea -- Hepatitis E -- Togaviruses: mosquito-borne Chikungunya and teratogenic rubella -- Flaviviruses: yellow fever, dengue fever and hepatitis C -- Coronaviruses (including SARS CoV and MERS CoV) -- Group 2: negative-sense single-stranded RNA viruses -- Orthomyxoviruses: influenza A, B, C -- Areanaviruses: Lass and haemorrhagic fevers -- Bunyaviruses: Hanta, phlebo, and nairo -- Paramyxoviruses: measles, RSV, mumps, parainfluenza, metapneumovirus, and the zoonotic henipaviruses -- Filoviruses: zoonotic Marburg and Ebola -- Rabies: zoonotic rabies -- Group 3: double-stranded RNA viruses -- Reoviruses: diarrhea-causing rotaviruses -- Group 4: double-dtranded DNA viruses -- Polyomaviruses -- Papillomaviruses -- Herpesviruses: herpetic lesions, zoster cancer, and encephalitis -- Smallpox: human disease eradicated but zoonotic pox virus infections common -- Adenovirus: respiratory, eye, and gastroenteritis viruses -- Group 5: single-stranded DNA viruses -- Parvoviruses -- Group 6: single-stranded positive sense RNA with an RT -- Retroviruses: HIV-1 and -2 and HTLV -- Group 7: circular double-stranded DNA viruses with an RT -- Hepadnaviruses: hepatitis B and D -- Part 3 Practical aspects -- The clinical virology laboratory -- Control of viral diseases by immunization -- Antiviral chemotherapy.
Summary: Written by leading authors in the field with both clinical and molecular expertise, Human Virology provides an accessible introduction to this fascinating and important field, making the text ideal for students encountering virology for the first time.
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Includes Bibliographies and index

Part 1 General principles --
Virology: how it all began and where it will go next --
General properties of viruses --
Viral replication and genetics --
How viruses cause disease --
Resistance of the human body to virus infections --
Viruses and the community: the science and practice of epidemiology --
Part 2 Specific viruses --
Group 1: positive-sense single-stranded RNA viruses --
Picornaviruses: polio, hepatitis A, enterovirus, and common cold --
Astroviruses: gastroenteritis agents --
Caliciviruses: norovirus causing vomiting and diarrhea --
Hepatitis E --
Togaviruses: mosquito-borne Chikungunya and teratogenic rubella --
Flaviviruses: yellow fever, dengue fever and hepatitis C --
Coronaviruses (including SARS CoV and MERS CoV) --
Group 2: negative-sense single-stranded RNA viruses --
Orthomyxoviruses: influenza A, B, C --
Areanaviruses: Lass and haemorrhagic fevers --
Bunyaviruses: Hanta, phlebo, and nairo --
Paramyxoviruses: measles, RSV, mumps, parainfluenza, metapneumovirus, and the zoonotic henipaviruses --
Filoviruses: zoonotic Marburg and Ebola --
Rabies: zoonotic rabies --
Group 3: double-stranded RNA viruses --
Reoviruses: diarrhea-causing rotaviruses --
Group 4: double-dtranded DNA viruses --
Polyomaviruses --
Papillomaviruses --
Herpesviruses: herpetic lesions, zoster cancer, and encephalitis --
Smallpox: human disease eradicated but zoonotic pox virus infections common --
Adenovirus: respiratory, eye, and gastroenteritis viruses --
Group 5: single-stranded DNA viruses --
Parvoviruses --
Group 6: single-stranded positive sense RNA with an RT --
Retroviruses: HIV-1 and -2 and HTLV --
Group 7: circular double-stranded DNA viruses with an RT --
Hepadnaviruses: hepatitis B and D --
Part 3 Practical aspects --
The clinical virology laboratory --
Control of viral diseases by immunization --
Antiviral chemotherapy.

Written by leading authors in the field with both clinical and molecular expertise, Human Virology provides an accessible introduction to this fascinating and important field, making the text ideal for students encountering virology for the first time.

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