Summary: | A reference-text in 16 contributed chapters: the family Herpesviridae, herpes simplex viruses and their replication, the epidemiology and clinical manifestations of HSV infections, Epstein- Barr virus, cytomegalovirus biology and replication, cytomegalovirus, varicella-zoster virus (molecular biology), VZV (clinical aspects), human herpesviruses 6 and 7 (molecular biology and clinical aspects), the biology of B virus, antiviral therapy, Epstein-Barr virus vaccine, live attenuated varicella vaccine, current status of HSV vaccine development, cytomegalovirus vaccines, and immunity to herpesvirus infections in humans. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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