Contents and Sample Chapters
Part I: What is a virus?:
1. Towards a Definition of a Virus
2. Some Methods for Studying Animal Viruses
3. The Structure of Virus Particles
4. Classification of Viruses
Part II: Virus Growth in Cells:
5. The Process of Infection: I. Attachment of Viruses and the Entry of Their Genomes into the Target Cell
6. The Process of Infection: IIA. The Replication of Viral DNA
7. The Process of Infection: IIB. Genome Replication in RNA Viruses
8. The Process of Infection: IIC. The Replication of RNA Viruses with a DNA Intermediate and Vice Versa
9. The Process of Infection: IIIA. Gene Expression in DNA Viruses and Reverse-Transcribing Viruses
10. The Process of Infection: IIIB. Gene Expression and its Regulation in RNA Viruses
11. The Process of Infection: IV. The Assembly of Viruses
Part III: Virus Interactions with the Whole Organism:
12. The Immune System and Virus Neutralization
13. Interactions Between Animal Viruses and Cells
14. Animal Virus - Host Interactions
15. Mechanisms in Virus Latency
16. Transmission of Viruses
17. The Evolution of Viruses
Part IV: Viruses and Disease:
18. Human Viral Disease: An Overview
19. HIV & AIDS
20. Carcinogenesis and Tumor Viruses
21. Vaccines and Antivirals: The Prevention and Treatment of Virus Diseases
22. Prion Diseases
23. Horizons in Human Virology