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Norkin, Leonard C.

Virology : molecular biology and pathogenesis / Leonard C. Norkin. - Washington, DC : ASM Press, c2010. - xxiii, 725 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. map ; 29 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A selective history on the nature of viruses -- Biosynthesis of viruses : an introduction to virus classification -- Modes of virus infection and disease -- Host defenses and viral countermeasures -- Reoviruses -- Picornaviruses -- Flaviviruses -- Togaviruses -- Coronaviruses -- Rhabdoviruses -- Paramyxoviruses -- Orthomyxoviruses -- Miscellaneous RNA viruses -- Parvoviruses -- Polyomaviruses -- Papillomaviruses -- Adenoviruses -- Herpesviruses -- Poxviruses -- The retroviruses : the RNA tumor viruses -- The retroviruses : lentiviruses, human immunodeficiency virus, and AIDS -- Hepadnaviruses and hepatitis delta virus.

ISBN: 9781555814533 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1555814530 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Virology--Textbooks.
Molecular virology--Textbooks.
Virus diseases--Pathogenesis--Textbooks.
Viruses--pathogenicity.
Genome, Viral.
Virus Diseases--etiology.
Viruses--genetics.

Subjects--Index Terms: Diseases

Dewey Class. No.: 616.9/101 / NOR