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Table of Contents
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Cover
Dedication Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Preface to the First Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the Third Edition
Preface to the Fourth Edition
Acknowledgments
PART I: Virology and Viral Disease
CHAPTER 1: Introduction – The Impact of Viruses on Our
View of Life
THE SCIENCE OF VIROLOGY
QUESTIONS FOR CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2: An Outline of Virus Replication and Viral
Pathogenesis
VIRUS REPLICATION
PATHOGENESIS OF VIRAL INFECTION
QUESTIONS FOR CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3: Virus Disease in Populations and Individual
Animals
THE NATURE OF VIRUS RESERVOIRS
VIRUSES IN POPULATIONS
ANIMAL MODELS TO STUDY VIRAL
PATHOGENESIS
QUESTIONS FOR CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4: Patterns of Some Viral Diseases of Humans
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THE DYNAMICS OF HUMAN–VIRUS
INTERACTIONS
PATTERNS OF SPECIFIC VIRAL DISEASES OF
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SOME VIRAL INFECTIONS TARGETING SPECIFIC
ORGAN SYSTEMS
QUESTIONS FOR CHAPTER 4
Problems PART I
Additional Reading for Part I
PART II: Basic Properties of Viruses and Virus–Cell Interaction
CHAPTER 5: Virus Structure and Classification
THE FEATURES OF A VIRUS
CLASSIFICATION SCHEMES
THE VIROSPHERE
THE HUMAN VIROME
QUESTIONS FOR CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6: The Beginning andEnd of the Virus
Replication Cycle
OUTLINE OF THE VIRUS REPLICATION CYCLE
VIRAL ENTRY
LATE EVENTS IN VIRAL INFECTION: CAPSID
ASSEMBLY AND VIRION RELEASE
QUESTIONS FOR CHAPTER 6
CHAPTER 7: The Innate Immune Response
HOST CELL–BASED DEFENSES AGAINST VIRUS
REPLICATION
THE ADAPTIVE IMMUNE RESPONSE AND THE
LYMPHATIC SYSTEM
CONTROL AND DYSFUNCTION OF IMMUNITY
MEASUREMENT OF THE IMMUNE REACTION
QUESTIONS FOR CHAPTER 7
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CHAPTER 8: Strategies to Protect Against and Combat
Viral Infection
VACCINATION – INDUCTION OF IMMUNITY TO
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EUKARYOTIC CELL‐BASED DEFENSES AGAINST
VIRUS REPLICATION
ANTIVIRAL DRUGS
BACTERIAL ANTIVIRAL SYSTEMS – RESTRICTION
ENDONUCLEASES
QUESTIONS FOR CHAPTER 8
Problems PART II
Additional Reading for Part II
PART III: Working with Virus
CHAPTER 9: Visualization and Enumeration of Virus
Particles
USING THE ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TO STUDY
AND COUNT VIRUSES
ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY – A RAPID AND
SENSITIVE METHOD FOR VISUALIZATION OF
VIRUSES AND INFECTED CELLS, POTENTIALLY IN
REAL TIME
INDIRECT METHODS FOR “COUNTING” VIRUS
PARTICLES
QUESTIONS FOR CHAPTER 9
CHAPTER 10: Replicating and Measuring Biological
Activity of Viruses
CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES
THE OUTCOME OF VIRUS INFECTION IN CELLS
MEASUREMENT OF THE BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY
OF VIRUSES
QUESTIONS FOR CHAPTER 10
CHAPTER 11: Physical and Chemical Manipulation of the
Structural Components of Viruses
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VIRAL STRUCTURAL PROTEINS
CHARACTERIZING VIRAL GENOMES
QUESTIONS FOR CHAPTER 11
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CHAPTER 12: Characterization of Viral Products Expressed
in the Infected Cell
CHARACTERIZATION OF VIRAL PROTEINS IN THE
INFECTED CELL
DETECTING AND CHARACTERIZING VIRAL
NUCLEIC ACIDS IN INFECTED CELLS
USE OF MICROARRAY TECHNOLOGY FOR
GETTING A COMPLETE PICTURE OF THE EVENTS
OCCURRING IN THE INFECTED CELL
QUESTIONS FOR CHAPTER 12
CHAPTER 13: Viruses Use Cellular Processes to Express
their GeneticInformation
PROKARYOTIC DNA REPLICATION IS AN
ACCURATE ENZYMATIC MODEL FOR THE
PROCESS GENERALLY
EXPRESSION OF mRNA
PROKARYOTIC TRANSCRIPTION
EUKARYOTIC TRANSCRIPTION
THE MECHANISM OF PROTEIN SYNTHESIS
QUESTIONS FOR CHAPTER 13
Problems PART III
Additional Reading for Part III
PART IV: Replication Patterns of Specific Viruses
CHAPTER 14: Replication of Positive‐Sense RNAViruses
RNA VIRUSES – GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
REPLICATION OF POSITIVE‐SENSE RNA VIRUSES
WHOSE GENOMES ARE TRANSLATED AS THE
FIRST STEP IN GENE EXPRESSION
POSITIVE‐SENSE RNA VIRUSES ENCODING A
SINGLE LARGE OPEN READING FRAME
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POSITIVE‐SENSE RNA VIRUSES ENCODING MORE
THAN ONE TRANSLATIONAL READING FRAME
REPLICATION OF PLANT VIRUSES WITH RNA
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GENOMES
REPLICATION OF BACTERIOPHAGES WITH RNA
GENOMES
QUESTIONS FOR CHAPTER 14
CHAPTER 15: Replication Strategies of RNA Viruses
Requiring RNA‐directed mRNA Transcription as the First
Step in Viral Gene Expression
REPLICATION OF NEGATIVE‐SENSE RNA VIRUSES
WITH A MONOPARTITE GENOME
NEGATIVE‐SENSE RNA VIRUSES WITH A
MULTIPARTITE GENOME
OTHER NEGATIVE‐SENSE RNA VIRUSES WITH
MULTIPARTITE GENOMES
VIRUSES WITH DOUBLE‐STRANDED RNA
GENOMES
SUBVIRAL PATHOGENS
QUESTIONS FOR CHAPTER 15
CHAPTER 16: Replication Strategies of Small and Medium‐
sized DNA Viruses
DNA VIRUSES EXPRESS GENETIC INFORMATION
AND REPLICATE THEIR GENOMES IN SIMILAR,
YET DISTINCT, WAYS
PAPOVAVIRUS REPLICATION
THE REPLICATION OF ADENOVIRUSES
REPLICATION OF SOME SINGLE‐STRANDED DNA
VIRUSES
QUESTIONS FOR CHAPTER 16
CHAPTER 17: Replication of Some Nuclear‐replicating
Eukaryotic DNA Viruses with Large Genomes
HERPESVIRUS REPLICATION AND LATENCY
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BACULOVIRUS: AN INSECT VIRUS WITH
IMPORTANT PRACTICAL USES IN MOLECULAR
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QUESTIONS FOR CHAPTER 17
CHAPTER 18: Replication of Cytoplasmic DNA Viruses and
“Large” Bacteriophages
POXVIRUSES – DNA VIRUSES THAT REPLICATE IN
THE CYTOPLASM OF EUKARYOTIC CELLS
REPLICATION OF “LARGE” DNA‐CONTAINING
BACTERIOPHAGES
A GROUP OF ALGAL VIRUSES SHARES FEATURES
OF ITS GENOME STRUCTURE WITH POXVIRUSES
AND BACTERIOPHAGES
QUESTIONS FOR CHAPTER 18
CHAPTER 19: Retroviruses
RETROVIRUS FAMILIES AND THEIR STRATEGIES
OF REPLICATION
MECHANISMS OF RETROVIRUS
TRANSFORMATION
CELLULAR GENETIC ELEMENTS RELATED TO
RETROVIRUSES
QUESTIONS FOR CHAPTER 19
CHAPTER 20: Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1
(HIV‐1) and Related Lentiviruses
HIV‐1 AND RELATED LENTIVIRUSES
THE ORIGIN OF HIV‐1 AND AIDS
HIV‐1 AND LENTIVIRAL REPLICATION
DESTRUCTION OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM BY HIV‐1
QUESTIONS FOR CHAPTER 20
CHAPTER 21: Hepadnaviruses: Variations on the
Retrovirus Theme
THE VIRION AND THE VIRAL GENOME
THE VIRAL REPLICATION CYCLE
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THE PATHOGENESIS OF HEPATITIS B VIRUS
PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF HEPATITIS B
VIRUS INFECTION
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HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS
A PLANT “HEPADNAVIRUS”: CAULIFLOWER
MOSAIC VIRUS
THE EVOLUTIONARY ORIGIN OF
HEPADNAVIRUSES
QUESTIONS FOR CHAPTER 21
Problems PART IV
Additional Reading for Part IV
VIRUS RESOURCES ON THE INTERNET
PART V: Molecular Genetics of Viruses
CHAPTER 22: The Molecular Genetics of Viruses
MUTATIONS IN GENES AND RESULTING
CHANGES TO PROTEINS
ANALYSIS OF MUTATIONS
ISOLATION OF MUTANTS
A TOOL KIT FOR MOLECULAR VIROLOGISTS
LOCATING SITES OF RESTRICTION
ENDONUCLEASE CLEAVAGE ON THE VIRAL
GENOME – RESTRICTION MAPPING
CLONING VECTORS
DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS OF VIRAL GENES
GENERATION OF RECOMBINANT VIRUSES
QUESTIONS FOR CHAPTER 22
CHAPTER 23: Molecular Pathogenesis
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF VIRAL
PATHOGENESIS
ANIMAL MODELS
METHODS FOR THE STUDY OF PATHOGENESIS
CHARACTERIZATION OF THE HOST RESPONSE
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QUESTIONS FOR CHAPTER 23
CHAPTER 24: Viral Bioinformatics
BIOINFORMATICS
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BIOLOGICAL DATABASES
BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
SYSTEMS BIOLOGY AND VIRUSES
VIRAL INTERNET RESOURCES
QUESTIONS FOR CHAPTER 24
CHAPTER 25: Viruses and the Future – Problems and
Promises
CLOUDS ON THE HORIZON – EMERGING DISEASE
WHAT ARE THE PROSPECTS OF USING MEDICAL
TECHNOLOGY TO ELIMINATE SPECIFIC VIRAL
AND OTHER INFECTIOUS DISEASES?
SILVER LININGS – VIRUSES AS THERAPEUTIC
AGENTS
WHY STUDY VIROLOGY?
QUESTIONS FOR CHAPTER 25
Problems PART V
Additional Reading for Part V
Appendix – Resource Center
BOOKS OF HISTORICAL AND BASIC VALUE
BOOKS ON VIROLOGY
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY TEXTS
DETAILED SOURCES
SOURCES FOR EXPERIMENTAL PROTOCOLS
THE INTERNET
Technical Glossary
Index
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Chapter 2
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Table 2.1 Some viruses that replicate in cells of the immune
system.
Table 2.2 Some examples of viral cytopathic effect.
Chapter 3
Table 3.1 Some pathogenic viruses, their vectors or routes of
spread, and the...
Chapter 4
Table 4.1 Some viruses infecting humans.
Chapter 5
Table 5.1 Classification of viruses according to the ICTV.
Table 5.2 The Baltimore classification scheme for viruses.
Chapter 6
Table 6.1 Some cellular receptors for selected animal
viruses.
Table 6.2 SomeE. coli bacteriophage receptors.
Chapter 7
Table 7.1 Some antiviral proteins induced or activated by
interferon.
Chapter 8
Table 8.1 Some human viral vaccines.
Table 8.2 Some targets for antiviral drugs.
Chapter 10
Table 10.1 An example of a set of dilutions for a plaque
assay.
Table 10.2 An example of a quantal assay for virus
infectivity.
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