Introduction to Virology - Smith, K.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1980)
1. Introduction -- 1.1 Virus characteristics -- 1.2 Some virus definitions -- 2. Some representative viruses-size, morphology, ultrastructure and replication -- 2.1 Size -- 2.2 Morphology -- 2.3 Ultrastructure -- 2.4 Replication -- 3. Purification of viruses -- 3.1 Plant viruses -- 3.2 Insect viruses -- 3.3 Viruses affecting the higher animals -- 4. Classification and nomenclature -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Viruses of invertebrates -- 4.3 Viruses of bacteria -- 5. Some virus diseases in man and other animals -- 5.1 Man and the higher animals -- 5.2 Insects and other invertebrates -- 6. Some virus diseases in plants and micro-organisms -- 6.1 Plants -- 6.2 Micro-organisms -- 7. The spread of viruses from host to host -- 7.1 Methods of (virus dissemination -- 7.2 Viruses and vectors -- 8. Latency, satellite and incomplete viruses, viroids and virus-like particles -- 8.1 Latency -- 8.2 Satellite viruses and incomplete viruses -- 8.3 Viroids -- 8.4 Virus-like particles -- 9. The replication of viruses -- 9.1 The virus-host relationship -- 9.2 Adsorption and entry -- 9.3 The eclipse -- 9.4 Maturation -- 9.5 Release of progeny virus -- 9.6 Replication of bacterial viruses -- 9.7 Replication of animal viruses -- 9.8 Replication of plant viruses -- 10. Virus genetics -- 10.1 The role of genetics in virology -- 10.2 Variation among viruses -- 10.3 Genetic analysis of viral functions -- 10.4 Recombination and mapping virus genomes -- 11. Tumour viruses -- 12. Tissue and cell culture of viruses -- 12.1 Plant viruses -- 12.2 Animal viruses -- 13. Virus assay -- 13.1 Plaque assay -- 13.2 Plant virus assay -- 13.3 Counting virus particles -- 13.4 Mixed virus infections -- 14. Control of virus diseases -- 14.1 Animal viruses -- 14.2 Plant viruses -- 14.3 Viruses as agents of biological control -- References.
Keywords: Virology; Virology; Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary