Contemporary case studies, Refresher Boxes, and Virus Files engage students in the learning process. With a wealth of student and instructor support tools, Understanding Viruses is an accessible, exciting, and engaging text for your virology course. E-Book Details. Format Paperback pages Dimensions Table of Contents. Show more. Show less. About the Authors. Fans of augmented reality will love learning beyond the book!
Key words are explained at the start of the book to help aid easy understanding of this important and fascinating subject. Major viral diseases such as AIDS and yellow fever are explained along with possible biotechnological and medical uses of viruses. The text provides an introduction to human viral diseases. Additional chapters on viral diseases of animals; the history of clinical trials, gene therapy, and xenotransplantation; prions and viroids; plant viruses; and bacteriophages add to the coverage.
In addition, the book assesses the connections between, and among, the aforementioned topics, providing an integrated approach and in-depth understanding of how viruses work.
Employs a comparative strategy to emphasize unique structural and molecular characteristics that inform transmission, disease processes, vaccine strategies and host responses Presents a review of host cell and molecular biology and the immune system Features topical areas of research, including genomics in virus discovery, the virome, and beneficial interactions between viruses and their hosts Includes text boxes throughout with experimental approaches used by virologists Covers learning objectives for each chapter, methods and advances, question sets, quizzes and a glossary.
Each account describes an individual viral disease, along with the signs and symptoms that accompany it, and asks students to become medical detectives as they move along to identify and diagnosis these potentially life-threatening viral diseases.
An ideal supplement to any microbiology or virology course, as well as an entertaining and informative read, Encounters in Virology is sure to bring these realistic medical tales to life as readers race against time to solve these medical mysteries. Grasp the key facts in this concise, accessible and authoritative book. Author : Heather C. This helps stop the spread of the virus.
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