This volume contains 82 chapters that provide detail and understanding to the fields of human and medical virology. The first section describes general features of common human viruses with specialized chapters related to HIV/AIDS. The volume goes on to describe exotic virus infections, including one now eradicated virus (smallpox) and some now controlled by vaccination such as yellow fever. Concepts of medical virology are further developed with entries on viruses associated with oncogenesis and selections of interest to medical virology.
A concise, comprehensive, and accessible reference to the science of human and medical and virologyBook InformationISBN 9780123751478
Author Brian W. J. MahyFormat Hardback
Page Count 680
Imprint Academic Press IncPublisher Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Weight(grams) 2090g