Introduction to Virology
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
1980.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1980. |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5876-0 |
Table of Contents:
- 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.