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Viruses and human disease / James H. Strauss, Ellen G. Strauss.

Title
Viruses and human disease / James H. Strauss, Ellen G. Strauss.
Author
Strauss, James H.
Publication
Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Academic Press, c2008.

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Additional Authors
Strauss, Ellen G.
Description
vii, 468 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps; 29 cm.
Summary
"Completely revised and updated, the new edition of this groundbreaking text integrates molecular biology with medical and veterinary disease aspects of viral infection. Unlike most virology textbooks which focus on the molecular biology of viral replication, this book also incorporates information on epidemiology, control, phylogeny, and evolution of viruses."--Jacket.
Subject
  • Virus Diseases
  • Virus diseases
  • Viruses
  • Viruses > classification
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Overview of viruses and virus infection -- The structure of viruses -- Plus-strand RNA viruses -- Minus-strand RNA viruses -- Viruses that contain double-stranded RNA : family reoviridae -- Viruses whose life cycle uses reverse transcriptase -- DNA-containing viruses -- Emerging and reemerging viral diseases -- Subviral agents -- Host defenses against viral infection and viral counterdefenses -- Gene therapy.
ISBN
9780123737410
LCCN
^^2007280927
OCLC
180191005
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library