Virology (non-medical) books

Aims to bring together information concerning microbes with potential as bioterrorist weapons. This work is useful...  Read More >>

Infection with the human immunodeficiency virus is characterized by the destruction of the host immune system as...  Read More >>

"Viral Genome Packaging focuses on the process of genome ""packaging"" within a pre-formed viral procapsid. The...  Read More >>

This book is based on the course 'Infection and Immunity in Children 2007' held at St Catherine's College, Oxford,...  Read More >>

It has been recognized that viruses can induce neuronal damage by a variety of mechanisms. The specific mechanisms...  Read More >>

In the past five years, a large number of new chemokines and chemokine receptors have been identified. Chemokines...  Read More >>

Dendritic cells are vital to induce potent anti-viral immune responses. On the one hand they are able to mount potent...  Read More >>

After three volumes on adenoviruses in 1995 the past years have seen rapid progress in the field of adenovirus research....  Read More >>

Negative-strand RNA viruses, so named because of the polarity of their genomic RNA to mRNA, include important human...  Read More >>

Course covers topics in infectious diseases in children and is intended for Pediatric Infectious disease trainees,...  Read More >>

Recent outbreaks of swine influenza and avian influenza, along with the remaining and in some cases expanding threats...  Read More >>

Antibodies are central to vaccines and it is becoming increasingly apparent that understanding how antibodies combat...  Read More >>

A crucial issue for antiviral therapy is the fact that all antiviral substances rapidly select for resistance; This...  Read More >>

Although the utility of human antibodies as medical therapeutics for cancer and immune diseases has been well-established,...  Read More >>

Insights into the molecular mechanism of isotype class switching showed that during an immune response B cells could...  Read More >>

Offers an overview of the processes of zoonotic viral emergence, the intricacies of host/virus interactions, and...  Read More >>

Several large dsDNA-containing viruses such as poxviruses (smallpox) and herpes viruses are well known among the...  Read More >>

Measles virus, one of the most contagious of all human viruses, has been largely contained by the development and...  Read More >>

Covers a diverse range of reviews providing an overview of the field of virology.  Read More >>

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This book is based on the course “Infection and Immunity in Children 2005” which was held at St Catherine’s College...  Read More >>

However, the development of priorities for a national public health system is often a competitive exercise, and...  Read More >>

Suitable for pediatricians and for those who deal with infectious diseases in children, this title is based on the...  Read More >>

Linear plasmids of microbes represent a heterogenous group of extrachromosomal genetic elements initially assumed...  Read More >>

The first edition, published in 1997, described the molecular biology of coxsackie B viruses, as well as clinical,...  Read More >>