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Essential human virology / created by Jennifer Louten.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Elsevier, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Description: xiii, 326 pages; illustrations (coloured), 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780128009475 (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QR360 LOU
Contents:
1. The world of viruses---2. Virus structure and classification---3. Features of host cells : cellular and molecular biology review--4. Virus replication---5. Virus transmission and epidemiology---6. The immune response to viruses---7. Detection and diagnosis of viral infections---8. Vaccines, antivirals, and the beneficial uses of viruses--9. Viruses and cancer--10. Influenza viruses--11.Human immunodeficiency virus--12. Hepatitis viruses--13. Herpesviruses---14. Poliovirus---15. Poxviruses--16. Emerging and reemerging viral diseases
Summary: This textbook provides undergraduate students with a foundation in human virology by covering the structure and classification of viruses, as well as virus transmission and virus replication strategies. It also features case studies to help illustrate the cellular pathology that viruses cause in a range of human diseases
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. The world of viruses---2. Virus structure and classification---3. Features of host cells : cellular and molecular biology review--4. Virus replication---5. Virus transmission and epidemiology---6. The immune response to viruses---7. Detection and diagnosis of viral infections---8. Vaccines, antivirals, and the beneficial uses of viruses--9. Viruses and cancer--10. Influenza viruses--11.Human immunodeficiency virus--12. Hepatitis viruses--13. Herpesviruses---14. Poliovirus---15. Poxviruses--16. Emerging and reemerging viral diseases

This textbook provides undergraduate students with a foundation in human virology by covering the structure and classification of viruses, as well as virus transmission and virus replication strategies. It also features case studies to help illustrate the cellular pathology that viruses cause in a range of human diseases

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