Human virology : a text for students of medicine, dentistry, and microbiology /

Collier, L. H. 1921-

Human virology : a text for students of medicine, dentistry, and microbiology / Leslie Collier and John Oxford ; with illustrations by Jim Pipkin. - 3rd ed. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006. - xviii, 303 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Virology : how it all began -- General properties of viruses -- Viral replication and genetics -- How viruses cause disease -- Resistance to virus infections -- Viruses and cancer in humans -- Viruses and the community -- Upper respiratory tract and eye infections due to adenoviruses, coronaviruses (including SARS CoV), and rhinoviruses -- Childhood infections caused by paramyxoviruses -- Orthomyxoviruses and influenza -- Gastroenteritis viruses -- Rubella : postnatal infections -- Parvoviruses -- Poxviruses -- Papovaviruses -- Poliomyelitis and other picornavirus infections -- The herpesviruses : general properties -- The alphaherpesviruses : herpes simplex and varicella-zoster -- The betaherpesviruses : cytomegalovirus and human herpesviruses 6 and 7 -- The gammaherpesviruses : Epstein-barr virus and Kaposl's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus -- Introduction to the hepatitis viruses -- The blood-borne hepatitis viruses B and delta -- The enteric hepatitis viruses A and E -- The blood-borne hepatitis flaviviruses -- Retroviruses and AIDS -- Lyssavirus and rabies -- Arthropod-borne viruses -- Exotic and dangerous infections : filoviruses, arenaviruses, and hantaviruses -- Prions and the spongiform encephalopathies -- Viral diseases of the central nervous system -- Intrauterine and perinatal infections -- Viral infections in patients with defective immunity -- Respiratory infections -- Sexually transmitted viral infections -- Resurgent and emergent viral infections -- The laboratory diagnosis of viral infections -- Control of viral diseases by immunization -- Antiviral chemotherapy.

9780198566601 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0198566603 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2006005794

101269447 DNLM


Medical virology.
Virus diseases.
Virology--methods.
Virus Diseases--microbiology.
Virus Replication.
Viruses--pathogenicity.

QR201.V55 / C65 2006

616.9/101

2006 H-642 QW 160 / C699h 2006
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