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020 _a9780128009475
082 _aQW160
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100 _aLouten, Jennifer
_91913
245 _aEssential human virology
260 _aLondon ; New York :
_bAcademic Press,
_bAcademic Press is an imprint of Elsevier,
_c2016
300 _axiii, 326 p. : ill. (some col.) ;
_c28 cm.
500 _aContents: 1. The world of viruses -- 2. Virus structure and classification -- 3. Features of host cells : cellular and molecular biology review -- 4. Virus replication -- 5. Virus transmission and epidemiology -- 6. The immune response to viruses -- 7. Detection and diagnosis of viral infections -- 8. Vaccines, antivirals, and the beneficial uses of viruses -- 9. Viruses and cancer -- 10. Influenza viruses -- 11. Human immunodeficiency virus -- 12. Hepatitis viruses -- 13. Herpesviruses -- 14. Poliovirus -- 15. Poxviruses -- 16. Emerging and reemerging viral diseases.
520 _a This textbook provides undergraduate students with a foundation in human virology by covering the structure and classification of viruses, as well as virus transmission and virus replication strategies. It also features case studies to help illustrate the cellular pathology that viruses cause in a range of human diseases.
650 _aMedical virology
_92199
650 _aVirus Diseases
_92200
650 _aVirus Physiological Phenomena
_92201
700 _aReynolds, Niki
_eillustrator
_92202
942 _cBK