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Virology: An Illustrated Colour Text, 1ed

This is a concise, highly accessible introduction to medical virology, incorporating essential basic principles as well as a systematic review of viruses and viral diseases. It pays particular attention to developments in anti-viral therapy that are becoming increasingly effective in modern medicine. It is an ideal textbook for the information-overloaded student and an invaluable everyday companion for the busy professional who needs a good understanding of the current state of medical virology.

In keeping with the highly successful format of other Illustrated Colour Texts, it presents the subject as a series of succinct 2 page ‘learning units’, using a superb collection of clear illustrations and clinical photographs, concise yet comprehensive text and key point boxes to aid quick access to information and examination preparation.

So whether you are a medical student, junior doctor, medical scientist, trainee in infectious diseases or student on another allied medical course, this book is here to make your life easier! It will also provide a very solid foundation for any who plan to delve deeper into this fascinating field.

Review

“Virology comes in a handsome 140- page book in the series of ICTs. This guarantees quality of presentation; well illustrated throughout, with drawings and photographs, colour used on every page. The text is kept brief and to the point…This is one of the best books on virology I have ever come across. It is easily read with the information given distilled to the important points, yet concise,comprehenisve and accurate…If you are a medical or nursing student, a junior doctor, or a doctor or nurse in practiceand you want to revise on virology, look no further. This is the book for you.”

British Health Travel Association, January 2013

Contents

VIRUSES  ۲
DNA viruses 50
Adenoviruses  ۵۰
Herpes simplex and varicella zoster  ۵۲
Cytomegalovirus  ۵۶
Viruses – characteristics and structure  ۲
Replication of viruses  ۴
Classification of viruses  ۶
Viruses and their system/hosts  ۱۰
VIRUS INFECTION AND VIRAL DISEASE  ۱۲
Virus transmission  ۱۲
Susceptibility and resistance to viral
disease  ۱۴
Mechanisms of antiviral immunity  ۱۶
Localised and systemic infections  ۱۸
Acute, chronic and latent infections  ۲۰
Epidemiology  ۲۲
Emerging and re-emerging viral
infections  ۲۴
PRINCIPLES OF VIRAL DIAGNOSIS  ۲۶
The laboratory diagnosis of viral
infections: introduction and
principles  ۲۶
The laboratory diagnosis of viral
infections: detection of virus-specific
immunity  ۲۸
The laboratory diagnosis of viral
infections: detection of viral nucleic
acid  ۳۰
PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF VIRAL INFECTIONS  ۳۲
Disinfection and sterilisation  ۳۲
Transfusion and transplant safety  ۳۴
Antiviral drugs: history and
obstacles  ۳۶
Antiviral drugs – modes of action  ۴۲
Immunotherapy and
immunoprophylaxis: passive and active
immunity  ۴۶
Post-exposure prophylaxis for viral
infections  ۴۸
SPECIFIC VIRUSES  ۵۰
Epstein-Barr virus  ۵۸
Human herpesviruses 6, 7 and 8  ۶۰
Poxviruses  ۶۲
Polyomaviruses  ۶۴
Human papillomaviruses  ۶۶
Human parvoviruses  ۶۸
Hepadnaviruses  ۷۰
RNA viruses 72
Retroviruses  ۷۲
Reoviruses causing human disease  ۷۴
Bunyaviruses  ۷۶
Orthomyxoviruses  ۷۸
Paramyxoviruses  ۸۰
Rhabdoviridae  ۸۴
Filoviruses  ۸۶
Arenaviruses  ۸۸
Caliciviruses  ۹۰
Astroviruses  ۹۱
Picornaviruses  ۹۲
Human coronaviruses  ۹۴
Flaviviruses  ۹۶
Togaviruses  ۹۸
Subviral agents 100
Hepatitis D virus  ۱۰۰
Prion diseases  ۱۰۲
VIRAL DISEASES AND CLINICAL SCENARIOS  ۱۰۴
Neurological disease with a viral
aetiology  ۱۰۴
Gastrointestinal illness  ۱۰۶
Respiratory viruses  ۱۰۸
Hepatitis viruses  ۱۱۰
Viral infections of skin and mucosal
membranes  ۱۱۲
Viral infections and pregnancy  ۱۱۴
Viruses and cancer  ۱۱۶
Human immunodeficiency virus  ۱۱۸
Viral haemorrhagic fevers 122
۳exually transmitted viral
infections  ۱۲۴
Opportunistic viral infections  ۱۲۶
Eradication of viral diseases