A Practical Guide to Clinical Virology

L. R. Haaheim, John R. Pattison, Richard J. Whitley

John Wiley & Sons, Apr 4, 2003 - Medical - 308 pages

This new Edition of A Practical Guide to Clinical Virology has been thoroughly updated and is a practical, highly illustrated, quick reference guide to clinical virology. It brings together the essentials of the subject in a entertaining and informative style, describing in turn the clinical features, the symptoms and signs of each of the viral diseases, as well as summarising the epidemiology, laboratory diagnosis and therapy in each case. This book also includes general chapters such as classification, diagnosis of infection, antiviral drugs, vaccines and different clinical syndromes.

Features include:

• chapter summaries for quick reference
• Cartoon illustrations

New chapters on

• Human Herpes Virus 6
• Hepatitis C
• Hepatitis E
• Emerging Viruses
• Polyoma viruses
• Comprehensive coverage
• Clear and concise format

Each chapter is easy to read and well organised, ensuring that this is an invaluable textbook for all medical, biomedical, microbiology and applied biology students. In addition, it will provide an excellent reference for nurses, occupational health and infection control departments, public health and diagnostic laboratories.

Contents

• 1 Classification and Nomenclature of Human and Animal Viruses: 1
• 2 Viruses and Disease: 7
• 3 Laboratory Diagnosis of Virus Infections: 15
• 4 Antiviral Drugs: 21
• 5 Virus Vaccines: 37
• 6 Enteroviruses Polioviruses Coxsackieviruses Echoviruses and Newer Enteroviruses: 45
• 7 Polioviruses: 47
• 8 Coxsackieviruses Echoviruses and Enteroviruses 2934 and 6871: 55
• 9 Rhinoviruses and Coronaviruses: 61
• 10 Influenzaviruses: 67
• 11 Parainfluenzaviruses: 75
• 12 Mumps Virus: 81
• 13 Respiratory Syncytial Virus RSV: 89
• 14 Measles Virus: 97
• 15 Rubella Virus: 105
• 16 Adenoviruses: 113
• 17 Rotaviruses: 121
• 18 Herpes Simplex Virus HSV1 and HSV2: 127
• 19 VaricellaZoster Virus VZVVaricella: 137
• 20 VaricellaZoster Virus VZVZoster: 145
• 21 Cytomegalovirus CMV: 149
• 22 EpsteinBarr Virus EBV: 157
• 23 Human Herpesvirus 6 HHV6: 167
• 24 Hepatitis A Virus: 173
• 25 Hepatitis B Virus: 179
• 26 Hepatitis C Virus: 185
• 27 Hepatitis D Virus: 191
• 28 Hepatitis E Virus: 195
• 29 Emerging Hepatitis Viruses: 201
• 30 Parvovirus B19: 203
• 31 Retroviruses: 209
• 32 Human Immunodeficiency Virus HIV: 213
• 33 Human TCell Lymphotropic Virus Type I and II: 221
• 34 Tickborne Encephalitis TBE Virus: 227
• 35 HantavirusesHFRS and HPS: 235
• 36 Haemorrhagic Fever Viruses: 241
• 37 Rabies Virus: 245
• 38 Human Papillomavirus HPV: 251
• 39 Human Polyomaviruses: 259
• 40 Slow Viruses: 263
• 41 Poxviruses: 267
• 42 Clinical Syndromes: 271
• Index: 277

About the author

L. R. Haaheim is the editor of A Practical Guide to Clinical Virology, 2nd Edition, published by Wiley.

John R. Pattison is the editor of A Practical Guide to Clinical Virology, 2nd Edition, published by Wiley.

Richard J. Whitley is the editor of A Practical Guide to Clinical Virology, 2nd Edition, published by Wiley.

Bibliographic information

• Title: A Practical Guide to Clinical Virology; Wiley InterScience electronic collection
• Editors: L. R. Haaheim, John R. Pattison, Richard J. Whitley
• Edition: 2
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2003
• ISBN: 0470856874, 9780470856871
• Length: 308 pages
• Subjects: Medical / General; Medical / Internal Medicine; Medical / Microbiology