Principles of Molecular Virology (Standard Edition), Third Edition [Hardcover]

Alan J. Cann (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 21, 2001 | ISBN-10: 0121585336 | ISBN-13: 978-0121585334 | Edition: 3

Principles of Molecular Virology, Third Edition provides an essential introduction to modern virology in a clear and concise manner. It is a highly enjoyable and readable text with numerous illustrations that enhance the reader's understanding of important principles. This edition has been updated and revised with new figures and text.
It also includes a CD-ROM with material that complements the text. The CD-ROM includes interactive tutorials, virtual experiments and multiple-choice questions.

Key Features
* New to 3E:
* Viruses and Apoptosis (Chapter 6)
* Bacteriophages and Human Disease (Chapter 7)
* Learning objectives for each chapter
* Pronunciation section in Glossary and abbreviations section (Appendix 1)
* Key events in the history of virology (Appendix 3)
* Addition of colour in text and figures to enhance understanding of key points
* Inclusion of CD containing interactive learning resources to complement text, e.g. tutorials, MCQ's, Virtual experiments, PPT slide set containing lecture notes; Different CD with standard and Instructor's edition
* Virology on-line section - encourages readers to access the Internet to find further information
* Also:
* Self assessment questions at the end of each chapter
* Classification of Subcellular Infectious agents
* Approx. 20% new material and completely revised throughout
* Over 120 figures

Editorial Reviews

Review

"This new updated edition has an improved format and contains useful additions... These new features should continue to ensure the popularity of this well written book for basic undergraduate teaching. The instructor's edition could be useful to new lecturers or those lecturing on topics outside of their own research interest."
--Elizabeth Hoey, The Queen's University of Belfast, in MICROBIOLOGY TODAY (February 2002)

Praise for Previous Editions
"An excellent virological text for students. It is recommended in many university undergraduate courses for good reason. It is written in an accessible style...well illustrated... I suspect the self-assessment questions will be usefully plundered by those setting examinations. I have no doubt there will be a third edition."
--TRENDS IN GENETICS
"Excellent... The writing flows easily with good practical examples... An attractive, up-to-date book and is an excellent buy that I can strongly recommend."
--SOCIETY FOR GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY QUARTERLY
"More suitable for an undergraduate class than any other text I have recently seen... Readable and undergraduate friendly, and it fills a definite niche."
--AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MICROBIOLOGY NEWS
"Compact... and realistically priced... Present[s] molecular virology to an undergraduate audience in an easily digestible form."
--TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY
"A short, straightforward, inexpensive paperback that concentrates on the basic principles of molecular virology... Provide[s] a good starting point for non-virologists to rapidly acquire a working knowledge of the area."
--TRENDS IN BIOCHEMISTRY
"Well worth its price... the text is easy to follow and represents a fantastic blend of basic principles, corresponding techniques and applied views."
--ZEIT FUR PFLANZENKRANKHEITEN UND PFLANZENSCHUTZ
"There is a remarkable amount of detail included for so small a book. This well-written text provides a very useable introduction to virology. The information provided is current. It would be a worthwhile addition to the library of teachers of undergraduate virology."
--DOODY'S REVIEW

Book Description

"2001 Commended Title in Basic and Clinical Sciences" Award The British Medical Association

Dr. Alan Cann received the 2001 Peter Wildy Prize for Microbiology Education from the Society for General Microbiology

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 339 pages
• Publisher: Academic Press; 3 edition (March 21, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0121585336
• ISBN-13: 978-0121585334
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,814,964 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally an understandable book on virology!, December 29, 1999

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K. L Sadler "Dr. Karen L. Sadler" (Freedom, Pa. USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Principles of Molecular Virology, Second Edition (1) (Paperback)

As a neuroscience student, I took a class on virology that I wasn't required to take. However, since I was working on AIDS and rabies, I decided I needed the background. Between the bad teaching and the horrible textbook, I ended up taking an audit in the class and came away from it very confused. This book managed to simply clarify everything that those supposedly distinquished professors of virology and the writers of the textbooks for the class couldn't do. Now as a science educator I am always horrified at how scientists take simple ideas and subjects and make them difficult for students or laypersons to understand. That isn't the motive for teaching science or at least shouldn't be. This text on virology is understandable to everyone, especially if someone like me who is deaf and therefore has English reading skills that are different from the norm can comprehend what the author is saying. All I can say to this author is Bravo, and why aren't you writing more! Karen L. Sadler, Science Education, University of Pittsburgh

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent summary of the field; easy to read, May 15, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Principles of Molecular Virology, Second Edition (1) (Paperback)

I'm not a biologist, but having developed an interest in virology, I searched for a book that would explain the basic principles in an understandable manner without too much jargon and too detailed illustrations or explanations (or too high a cost!). This book provides an overview of the field and sufficiently detailed but understandable information on virus structure and processes. Written well, it is a readable text with numerous illustrations that enhance understanding of important principles. Frankly, it was also enjoyable to read. The chapters in some detail cover the viral processes like attachment and replication, the genome, and infection and the immune system responses. Both plant and human viruses are studied, and specific examples such as the picornaviruses (polioviruses), TMV, adenoviruses, retroviruses, and HHV/HIV are specifically mentioned in each chapter, adding example to observation. The author is also not shy about telling us where molecular virology is lacking information, which should provide clues for graduate students looking for research topics. What info the author does include (and this book is wealthy in facts) is presented clearly and understandably, so that a beginner like myself or even an intermediate student would find this a useful reference. This is a great book for anyone who has a working level of scientific training in any field. I highly recommend it to anyone looking for more understanding of the microbial universe -- based on the text, I have a better perspective on the competition and cooperation between microbes. What fascinated me most is that the book details, without specifically stating it, the intelligence at work in creating and sustaining the viral structures, in helping them become a success even though their success is a detriment to humans.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars good textbook for a general virology class, esp. for price, April 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Principles of Molecular Virology, Second Edition (1) (Paperback)

Alan Cann's textbook is laid out in an odd order, but his description of general mechanisms of viral gene regulation is wonderfully done. The only thing that could have made this book better is the illistrations. They are pretty bad, but that is what one gets for only $30. Good job Cann!!!