Fields Virology (2-Volume Set) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0781702534 ISBN 13: 9780781702539

Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1996

Synopsis

The Third Edition of this classic reference is thoroughly revised to incorporate the past five years' discoveries on the replication, molecular biology, pathogenesis, and medical aspects of viruses. Coverage includes new material on human immunodeficiency viruses, emerging viruses, prions, papillomaviruses, hepatitis C virus, hantaviruses, herpesviruses, vaccines, and viruses and cancer. Seventy-two chapters comprehensively examine the molecular biology, replication, biology, and clinical significance of all known virus families. New to the Third Edition are chapters on astroviruses; Flaviviridae, including hepatitis C virus and pestivirus; human herpesvirus 7; hepatitis E virus; and lactate dehydrogenase-elevating virus and related viruses. An updated section on general virology includes four new chapters on viruses infecting plants; insects; yeast, fungi, and parasites; and bacteria. Illustrations include a new section of color plates dealing primarily with the principles of virus structure.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0781702534
• ISBN 13: 9780781702539
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 2950
• Editor: Fields Bernard N., Knipe David M., Howley Peter M., Chanock Robert M., Monath Thomas P., Melnick Joseph L., Roizman Bernard, Straus Stephen E.