Basic virology /
Edward K. Wagner ... [et al.].
- 3rd ed.
- Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2008.
- xxx, 550 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Rev. ed. of: Basic virology / Edward K. Wagner, Martinez J. Hewlett. 2nd ed. 2004.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Virology and viral dis ease -- Introduction : the impact of viruses on our view o f life -- outline of virus replication and viral pathog enesis -- Virus disease in populations and individual anim als -- 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 res ponse to viral infection : the nature of the vertebrate immune response -- Strategies to protect against and combat viral infecti on -- Working with virus -- Visualization and enumeration of virus particles -- Replicating and measur ing biological activity of viruses -- Physical and chemic al 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 st rategies of small and medium-sized DNA viruses -- Replica tion of some nuclear-replicating eukaryotic DNA viruses with large geno mes -- 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 retro virus theme -- Viruses : new approaches and new problems - - molecular genetics of viruses -- Mole cular pathogenesis -- Viral bioinformatics and beyond -- Viruses and the future : problems and promises -- App endix : 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.