Shors, Teri. <br/><br/>
Understanding viruses / 
 Viruses 
by Teri Shors. 
 - 2nd ed. 
 - Burlington, MA :  Jones & Bartlett Learning,  c2013. 
 - xxv, 704 p. :  ill. (some col.) ;  28 cm. +  1 online access code 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction to viruses -- Eukaryotic molecular biology and host cell constraints -- Virus architecture and nomenclature -- Virus replication cycles -- Laboratory diagnosis of viral diseases and working with viruses in the reseach laboratory -- Mechanisms of viral entry and spread of infection in the body -- Host resistance to viral infections -- Epidemiology -- The history of medicine, clinical trials, gene therapy, and xenotransplantation -- Viruses and cancer -- Poliovirus and other enteroviruses -- Influenza viruses -- Rabies -- Poxviruses -- Herpesviruses -- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) -- Hepatitis viruses -- New viruses and viruses that are reemerging -- What about prions and viroids? -- Plant viruses -- The best for last : bacteriophages. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780763785536 0763785539 9781449648923 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011027487 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Virus diseases.<br/>Viruses.<br/>Viruses.<br/>Virus Diseases.<br/>Virus Physiological Phenomena.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RC114.5  / .S46 2013 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>616.9/1 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>QW 160