Molecular Virology - Yechiel Becker

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Sommaire:
I. Molecular Aspects of Animal Viruses.- 1. Steps in the development of virus research.- 2. Classification of viruses.- 3. Molecular considerations of virus replication and virus-cell interactions.- 4. Genes in human cells determining virus susceptibility.- II. Virus Families.- A. Double-stranded DNA viruses.- 5. Poxviruses.- 6. Iridoviruses.- 7. Herpesviruses.- 8. Adenoviruses.- 9. Papovaviruses.- 10. Hepatitis B virus.- B. Single-stranded DNA viruses.- 11. Parvoviruses.- C. RNA minus viruses.- 12. Double-stranded RNA viruses made from single-stranded RNA: reoviruses.- 13. Single-stranded RNA minus viruses with an intact genome: rhabdoviruses.- 14. Single-stranded RNA minus viruses with an intact genome: paramyxovlruses.- 15. Single-stranded RNA minus viruses with a fragmented linear genome: orthomyxoviruses.- 16. Single-stranded RNA minus viruses with a fragmented linear genome: arena viruses.- 17. Single-stranded RNA minus viruses with a fragmented circular genome: bunyaviruses.- D. Viruses with single-stranded RNA plus genomes.- 18. RNA plus genome that serves as messenger RNA: picornaviruses.- 19. RNA plus genome that serves as messenger RNA: togaviruses.- 20. RNA plus genome that serves as messenger RNA: coronaviruses.- 21. Single-stranded RNA plus genomes that synthesize DNA as part of their life cycle: retroviruses (RNA tumor viruses).- E. Unclassified viruses.- 22. Marburg and Ebola viruses.- 23. Slow virus infections of the CNS.- III. Medical and Biological Considerations.- 24. Immunization against virus diseases.- 25. Viruses as selective forces in nature: epidemics.- 26. Antiviral drugs and chemotherapy of viral diseases of man.- 27. Laboratory diagnosis of disease-causing viruses.- 28. Viruses and human cancer.- 29. Social, economic, and juridical aspects of virus diseases.- IV. Summary.- 30. Summary.