Introduction to Modern Virology (Basic Microbiology) - Softcover

Dimmock, Nigel; Easton, Andrew; Leppard, Keith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 063205509X ISBN 13: 9780632055098

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2001

Synopsis

Introduction to Modern Virology, an established student text for over 25 years, has been fully revised and updated in this fifth edition. Providing an integrated account of animal, plant and bacterial viruses, this book covers the field of virology from molecular biology to disease processes. Topics include the molecular aspects of virion structure, virus entry, replication and gene expression of RNA and DNA viruses and the classic paradigm of lysogeny. On the biomedical side, chapters deal with virus cultivation, immunology and carcinogenesis. Human and animal virus diseases are dealt with generically within the text, bringing all infections within a highly manageable seven–section framework. Prevention and therapy, evolution and emerging viruses receive particular attention and specific chapters address the major infectious challenges posed by HIV, pandemic influenza and BSE. This highly accessible new edition provides ideal reading for all undergraduate and postgraduate students of biology and medicine wishing to study virology.

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Review

"Dimmock and Primrose occupies a justified niche ... and certainly provides an easy access to virology for the undergraduate or beginning postgraduate ... That this is the fourth edition must attest to the popularity of the authors′ approach over the 20 years since the first edition was published." (Trends in Microbiology, 1995 on the fourth edition)

The eminent readability of the text, coupled with the useful provision of references to the recent literature, should encourage the reader to investigate further and thereby gain a fuller picture of the present and future directions of virology." (Society for General Microbiology Quarterly, 1995, on the fourth edition)

About the Author

Nigel Dimmock is an internationally acclaimed virologist who has spent the major part of his career at the University of Warwick s Department of Biological Sciences, where he is currently an emeritus professor. His main research interests are influenza viruses, HIV, and antiviral immunology.

Andrew Easton is professor of virology at the University of Warwick. Having spent two years working in the pharmaceutical industry he joined the department at Warwick in 1983 and became Head of the Virology Group in 1998. Easton s research focuses on the molecular biology of pneumoviruses.

Keith Leppard is a reader at the University of Warwick. His research focuses on the interactions of adenovirus with the host cell, in particular the effects of adenoviral proteins on functions of the cell nucleus, and on the development of adenovirus as a gene delivery vehicle.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 063205509X
• ISBN 13: 9780632055098
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 464