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Understanding viruses / Teri Shors, PhD, Professor, Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Burlington : Mass. Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2017.Edition: Third editionDescription: xxiv, 944 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 9781284025927
  • 1284025926
Other title:
  • Viruses
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Understanding virusesDDC classification:
  • 616.91 23 SHO
NLM classification:
  • QW 160
Contents:
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.
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General Books General Books CUTN Central Library Medicine, Technology & Management Non-fiction 616.91 SHO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 28029

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.

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