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 dis ease -- ch. 1. Introduction : the impact of viruses on our view o f life -- ch. 2. An outline of virus replication and viral pathog enesis -- ch. 3. Virus disease in populations and individual anim als -- 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 res ponse to viral infection : the nature of the vertebrate immune response -- ch. 8. Strategies to protect against and combat viral infecti on -- pt. 3. Working with virus -- ch. 9. Visualization and enumeration of virus particles -- ch. 10. Replicating and measur ing biological activity of viruses -- ch. 11. Physical and chemic al 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 st rategies of small and medium-sized DNA viruses -- ch. 17. Replica tion of some nuclear-replicating eukaryotic DNA viruses with large geno mes -- 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 retro virus theme -- pt. 5. Viruses : new approaches and new problems - - ch. 22. The molecular genetics of viruses -- ch. 23. Mole cular pathogenesis -- ch. 24. Viral bioinformatics and beyond -- ch. 25. Viruses and the future : problems and promises -- App endix : Resource center -- Technical glossary -- Index.