| Description |
xiv, 516 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
What is a virus? -- Some methods for studying animal viruses -- The structure of virus particles -- Classification of viruses -- The process of infection: I. Attachment of viruses and the entry of their genomes into the target cell The process of infection: IIA. The replication of viral DNA -- The process of infection: IIB. Genome replication in RNA viruses -- The process of infection: IIC. The replication of RNA viruses with a DNA intermediate and vice versa -- |
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The process of infection: IIIB. Gene expression and its regulation in RNA viruses -- The process of infection: IV. The assembly of viruses -- The immune system and virus neutralization -- Interactions between animal viruses and cells -- Animal virus¿host interactions -- Mechanisms in virus latency -- Transmission of viruses -- The evolution of viruses -- Human viral disease: an overview -- HIV and AIDS -- Carcinogenesis and tumor viruses -- Vaccines and antivirals: the prevention and treatment of viral diseases -- Prion diseases -- Horizons in human virology |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: 2001 |
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Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Virology.
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Virus diseases.
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Viruses.
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Virus Diseases.
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| Author |
Easton, A. J. (Andrew J.)
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Leppard, K. N. (Keith N.)
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| LC no. |
2006009426 |
| ISBN |
1405136456 paperback alkaline paper |
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9781405136457 paperback alkaline paper |
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