Understanding viruses - Shors, Teri (Burlington, Massachusetts Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2017)
Introduction to viruses -- Virus architecture and nomenclature -- Eucaryotic molecular biology, cellular hurdles and how viruses hijack host cells -- Mechanisms of viral entry and spread of infection in the body -- Host resistance to viral infections -- Epidemiology -- Laboratory diagnosis of viral diseases and working with viruses in the research laboratory -- Poliovirus and other enteroviruses -- Influenza viruses -- Hepatitis viruses -- Herpesviruses -- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) -- Rabies -- Poxviruses -- New viruses and viruses that are reemerging -- Viruses and cancer -- The history of medicine, clinical trials, gene therapy, and xenotransplantation -- What about prions and viroids? -- Plant viruses -- The best for last : bacteriophages.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Viruses; Virus physiological phenomena; Virus diseases