Basic virology / 
Edward K. Wagner ... [et al.]. 
 - 3rd ed. 
 - Malden, MA ;  Oxford :  Blackwell Pub.,  2008. 
 - xxx, 550 p. :  col. ill. ;  28 cm. 
<br/><br/> Rev. ed. of: Basic virology / Edward K. Wagner, Martinez J. Hewlett. 2nd ed. 2004. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Preface --  Acknowledgments --  Virology and viral disease --  Introduction : the impact of viruses on our view of life --  outline of virus replication and viral pathogenesis --  Virus disease in populations and individual animals --  Patterns of some viral diseases of humans --  Basic properties of viruses and virus-cell interaction --  Virus structure and classification --  beginning and end of the virus replication cycle --  Host immune response to viral infection : the nature of the vertebrate immune response --  Strategies to protect against and combat viral infection --  Working with virus --  Visualization and enumeration of virus particles --  Replicating and measuring biological activity of viruses --  Physical and chemical manipulation of the structural components of viruses --  Characterization of viral products expressed in the infected cell --  Viruses use cellular processes to express their genetic information --  pt. 1.  ch. 1.  ch. 2. An  ch. 3.  ch. 4.  pt. 2.  ch. 5.  ch. 6. The  ch. 7.  ch. 8.  pt. 3.  ch. 9.  ch. 10.  ch. 11.  ch. 12.  ch. 13.  Replication patterns of specific viruses --  Replication of positive-sense RNA viruses --  Replication strategies of RNA viruses requiring RNA-directed mRNA transcription as the first step in viral gene expression --  Replication strategies of small and medium-sized DNA viruses --  Replication of some nuclear-replicating eukaryotic DNA viruses with large genomes --  Replication of cytoplasmic DNA viruses and "large" bacteriophages --  Retroviruses : converting RNA to DNA --  Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIN-1) and related lentiviruses --  Hepadnaviruses : variations on the retrovirus theme --  Viruses : new approaches and new problems --  molecular genetics of viruses --  Molecular pathogenesis --  Viral bioinformatics and beyond --  Viruses and the future : problems and promises --  Appendix : Resource center --  Technical glossary --  Index.  pt. 4.  ch. 14.  ch. 15.  ch. 16.  ch. 17.  ch. 18.  ch. 19.  ch. 20.  ch. 21.  pt. 5.  ch. 22. The  ch. 23.  ch. 24.  ch. 25. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781405147156 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1405147156 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007019839 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA716629  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>101306981  DNLM 013683788  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Viruses.<br/>Virus diseases.<br/>Virology.<br/>Medical virology.<br/>Virus Diseases--virology.<br/>Genome, Viral.<br/>Virus Replication.<br/>Viruses--pathogenicity.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QR360  / .W26 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>579.2 WAG 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>2007 L-599 WC 500  / B311 2008