Principles and Practice of Clinical Virology - Hardcover

 
9780471973409: Principles and Practice of Clinical Virology

Synopsis

Virology is that branch of microbiology concerned with viruses and diseases. These groups of minute infectious agents are, with certain exceptions (e.g., poxviruses) lack an independent metabolism and replicate only within living host cells. Like living organisms, they reproduce with genetic continuity and also mutate. Normally classified into three subgroups on the basis of host specificity (bacterial viruses, animal viruses, and plant viruses), they are also classified by origin, mode of transmission, symptoms produced, and where first located.

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" maintained the high standards typical of the publication " (Microbiology Today, May 2003)

Microbiology Today, May 2003

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