Human virology /
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| Author / Creator: | Collier, L. H. (Leslie Harold), 1921-2011 |
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| Edition: | 4th ed. |
| Imprint: | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2011. |
| Description: | xiv, 365 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8357451 |
Table of Contents:
- General principles
- Virology : how it all began
- General properties of viruses
- Viral replication and genetics
- How viruses cause disease
- Resistance of the human body to virus infections
- Viruses and cancer in humans
- Viruses and the community
- Special infections
- Upper respiratory tract and eye infections due to adenoviruses, coronaviruses (including SARS CoV), and rhinoviruses
- Infections caused by the paramyxoviruses: measles, RSV, mumps, parainfluenze, meta pneumovirus and the henipaviruses
- Orthomyxoviruses and influenza
- Gastroenteritis viruses
- Rubella: postnatal infections
- Parvoviruses
- Poxviruses
- Papilloma- and polyomaviruses
- Poliomyelitis and other picornavirus infections
- Herpesviruses: general properties
- Alphaerpesviruses: herpes simplex and varicella-zoster
- Betaherpesviruses: cytomegalovirus and human herpesviruses 6 and 7
- Gammaherpesviruses: Epstein-Barr virus and Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus
- Introduction to the hepatitis viruses
- Blood-borne hepatitis viruses B and D
- Blood-borne hepatitis C
- Enteric hepatitis viruses A and E
- Retroviruses and HIV
- Lyssavirus and rabies
- Arthropod-borne viruses
- Exotic and dangerous infections: filoviruses and arenaviruses
- Prions and the spongiform encephalopathies
- Special syndromes
- Viral diseases of the central nervous system
- Intrauterine and perinatal infections
- Viral infections in patients with defective immunity
- Respiratory infections
- Sexually-transmitted viral infections
- Resurgent and emergent viral infections
- Practical aspects
- Laboratory diagnosis of viral infections
- Control of viral diseases by immunization
- Antiviral chemotherapy.
