Basic Virology, 4^th Edition cements this series' position as the leading introductory virology textbook in the world. It's easily read style, outstanding figures, and comprehensive coverage of fundamental topics in virology all account for its immense popularity.

 

This undergraduate-accessible book covers all the foundational topics in virology, including:

 

　•  The basics of virology

 

　•  Virological techniques

 

　•  Molecular biology

 

　•  Pathogenesis of human viral disease

 

The 4^th edition includes new information on the SARS, MERS and COVID-19 coronaviruses, hepatitis C virus, influenza virus, as well as HIV and Ebola. New virological techniques including bioinformatics and advances in viral therapies for human disease are also explored in-depth. The book also includes entirely new sections on metapneumoviruses, dengue virus, and the chikungunya virus.

Preface

Acknowledgements      

Chapter 1.　Introduction – The Impact of Viruses on Our View of Life         

Chapter 2.　An Outline of Virus Replication and Viral Pathogenesis

Chapter 3.　Virus Disease in Populations and Individual Animals

Chapter 4.　Patterns of Some Viral Diseases of Humans     

Chapter 5.　Virus Structure and Classification         

Chapter 6.　The Beginning and End of the Virus Replication Cycle  

Chapter 7.　The Innate Immune Response: Early Defense Against Pathogens

Chapter 8.　Strategies to Protect Against and Combat Viral Infection

Chapter 9.　Visualization and Enumeration of Virus Particles           

Chapter 10.　Replicating and Measuring Biological Activity of Viruses         

Chapter 11.　Physical and Chemical Manipulation of the Structural Components of Viruses

Chapter 12.　Characterization of Viral Products Expressed in the Infected Cell

Chapter 13.　Viruses Use Cellular Processes to Express their Genetic Information

Chapter 14.　Replication of Positive-Sense RNA Viruses

Chapter 15.　Replication Strategies of RNA Viruses Requiring RNA-directed mRNA Transcription as the First Step in Viral Gene Expression

Chapter 16.　Replication Strategies of Small and Medium-sized DNA Viruses

Chapter 17.　Replication of Some Nuclear-replicating Eukaryotic DNA Viruses with Large Genomes

Chapter 18.　Replication of Cytoplasmic DNA Viruses and “Large” Bacteriophages

Chapter 19.　Retroviruses: Converting RNA to DNA

Chapter 20.　Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) and Related Lentiviruses

Chapter 21.　Hepadnaviruses: Variations on the Retrovirus Theme

Chapter 22.　The Molecular Genetics of Viruses

Chapter 23.　Molecular Pathogenesis

Chapter 24.　Viral Bioinformatics

Chapter 25.　Viruses and the Future – Problems and Promises

Appendix – Resource Center    

Technical Glossary

Index