Fenner and White's Medical Virology - Grand Format

Fenner and White's Medical Virology, Fifth Edition provides an integrated view of medical virology and related sciences, from cell biology, to medical epidemiology and human social behavior. The perspective represented by this book, that of medical virology as an infectious disease science, will provide a starting point, an anchor, for those who wish to relate the subject to clinical practice, public health practice, research, and other endeavors.
The book presents the fondamental properties of viruses, how viruses replicate, and how viruses cause disease. These chapters are then followed by an overview of the principles of diagnosis, epidemiology, and how virus infections can be controlled. The first section concludes with a discussion on emergence of viral diseases and attempts to predict the next major public health challenges. These form the basis for a systematic outline of each of die specific viral diseases of humans in Part II., including basic virology, clinical aspects, management and control.
This lucid and concise, yet comprehensive, text is admirably suited to the needs of not only advanced students of science and medicine, but also postgraduate students, teachers, and research workers in ail areas of virology.