Full Description
Fenner and White's Medical Virology, Fifth Edition provides an integrated view of related sciences, from cell biology, to medical epidemiology and human social behavior. The perspective represented by this book, that of medical virology as an infectious disease science, is meant to provide a starting point, an anchor, for those who must relate the subject to clinical practice, public health practice, scholarly research, and other endeavors.
The book presents detailed exposition on the properties of viruses, how viruses replicate, and how viruses cause disease. These chapters are then followed by an overview of the principles of diagnosis, epidemiology, and how virus infections can be controlled. The first section concludes with a discussion on emergence and attempts to predict the next major public health challenges.
These form a guide for delving into the specific diseases of interest to the reader as described in Part II. This lucid and concise, yet comprehensive, text is admirably suited to the needs of not only advanced students of science and medicine, but also postgraduate students, teachers, and research workers in all areas of virology.
Contents
Part I: Principles of Virology
1. History and Impact of Virology
2. Classification of Viruses and Phylogenetic Relationships
3. Virion Structure and Composition
4. Virus Replication
5. Innate Immunity
6. Adaptive Immune Responses to Infection
7. Pathogenesis of Virus Infections
8. Patterns of Infection
9. Mechanisms of Viral Oncogenesis
10. Laboratory Diagnosis of Virus Diseases
11. Vaccines and Vaccination
12. Antiviral Chemotherapy
13. Epidemiology of Viral Infections
14. Control, Prevention, and Eradication
15. Emerging Virus Diseases
Part II: Specific Virus Diseases of Humans
16. Poxviruses
17. Herpesviruses
18. Adenoviruses
19. Papillomaviruses
20. Polyomaviruses
21. Parvoviruses
22. Hepatitis B and Hepatitis Delta Viruses
23. Retroviruses
24. Reoviruses
25. Orthomyxoviruses
26. Paramyxoviruses
27. Rhabdoviruses
28. Filoviruses
29. Bunyaviruses
30. Arenaviruses
31. Coronaviruses
32. Picornaviruses
33. Caliciviruses
34. Astroviruses
35. Togaviruses
36. Flaviviruses
37. Hepeviruses
38. Prions
39. Viral Syndromes
