Preface to Second Edition -- Preface to First Edition -- Abbreviations Used in This Book -- Greek Letters Used in This Book -- Color Coding for Molecules -- Viruses and Their Importance -- Methods Used in Virology -- Virus Structure -- Virus Transmission -- Attachment and Entry of Viruses into Cells -- Transcription, Translation, and Transport -- Virus Genome Replication -- Assembly and Exit of Virions from Cells -- Outcomes of Infection for the Host -- Classification and Nomenclature of Viruses -- Herpesviruses (and Other dsDNA Viruses) -- Parvoviruses (and Other ssDNA Viruses) -- Reoviruses (and Other dsRNA Viruses) -- Picornaviruses (and Other Plus-Strand RNA Viruses) -- Rhabdoviruses (and Other Minus-Strand RNA Viruses) -- Influenza Virus -- Retroviruses -- Human Immunodeficiency Viruses -- Hepadnaviruses (and Other Reverse-Transcribing DNA Viruses) -- Bacterial Viruses -- Origins and Evolution of Viruses -- Emerging Viruses -- Viruses and Cancer -- Survival of Infectivity -- Virus Vaccines -- Anti-viral Drugs -- Prions -- Virologists' Vocabulary
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"The second edition of Virology is an accessible introduction designed to enable students to understand the principles of virus structure, replication and genetics. The aim of this book is to help the reader appreciate the relevance of virology in the modern world, including the fields of vaccines, anti-viral drugs and cancer. There is also a chapter on prions. The second edition has been extensively revised and updated to reflect the many developments in virology and offers deeper insights into the subject. Newly-discovered viruses are discussed and there is an additional chapter on the influenza virus."--Publisher's website