Human virology / Leslie Collier, Paul Kellam, John Oxford ; with case stories by Berenice Langdon and Juliette Oxford.

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General principles -- Virology : how it all began -- General properties of viruses -- Viral replication and genetics -- How viruses cause disease -- Resistance of the human body to virus infections -- Viruses and cancer in humans -- Viruses and the community -- Special infections -- Upper respiratory tract and eye infections due to adenoviruses, coronaviruses (including SARS CoV), and rhinoviruses -- Infections caused by the paramyxoviruses: measles, RSV, mumps, parainfluenze, meta pneumovirus and the henipaviruses -- Orthomyxoviruses and influenza -- Gastroenteritis viruses -- Rubella: postnatal infections -- Parvoviruses -- Poxviruses -- Papilloma- and polyomaviruses -- Poliomyelitis and other picornavirus infections -- Herpesviruses: general properties -- Alphaerpesviruses: herpes simplex and varicella-zoster -- Betaherpesviruses: cytomegalovirus and human herpesviruses 6 and 7 -- Gammaherpesviruses: Epstein-Barr virus and Kaposi´s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus -- Introduction to the hepatitis viruses -- Blood-borne hepatitis viruses B and D -- Blood-borne hepatitis C -- Enteric hepatitis viruses A and E -- Retroviruses and HIV -- Lyssavirus and rabies -- Arthropod-borne viruses -- Exotic and dangerous infections: filoviruses and arenaviruses -- Prions and the spongiform encephalopathies -- Special syndromes -- Viral diseases of the central nervous system -- Intrauterine and perinatal infections -- Viral infections in patients with defective immunity -- Respiratory infections -- Sexually-transmitted viral infections -- Resurgent and emergent viral infections -- Practical aspects -- Laboratory diagnosis of viral infections -- Control of viral diseases by immunization -- Antiviral chemotherapy.