An Introduction to Modern Virology

Preface; Towards a definition of a virus; How to handle animal viruses; The structure of viruses; Viral nucleic acids; The process of infection I: Attachment and penetration; The process of infection IIA: The Baltimore classification; The process of infection IIB: The replication of viral DNA; The process of infection IIC: RNA synthesis by RNA viruses; The process of infection IID: RNA viruses with a DNA intermediate and vice versa; The process of infection III: The regulation of gene expression; The process of infection IV: The assembly of viruses; Lysogeny; Interactions between viruses and eukaryotic cells; The immune system and interferon; Virus-host interactions; Vaccines and chemotherapy: the prevention and treatment of virus diseases; Carcinogens and tumour viruses; The evolution of viruses; HIV and AIDS; Trends in virology; The classification and nomenclature of viruses