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Principles of Virology: Molecular Biology, Pathogenesis, and Control of Animal Viruses

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I used this book in my graduate level virology class, and I thought it was great. I really like how the book is divided into basic concepts in the viral life cycle (i.e. entry, genome replication, etc), and then discusses the strategies that different viruses use during these steps in the cell. I prefer this to most other virology texts I've seen, where they just catalog viruses by species, and don't make connections between how different viruses deal with similar situations in the cell.

NOTE: I would not recommend this text for undergrads, however. It's a very densely written book, and covers a lot of ground. For undergrads, I'd recommend something more basic, like the Voyles text.

Simple english, easy to understand, a lot of useful detail info.
Excellent for beginner or interested in viral molecular biology.

This book is written in such a way as to be difficult to read. The book has great information, but the readability is not terribly good.

I am not sure what level this text is intended for. I used it in my senior level Virology course, but it was above and beyond anything we covered at the undergraduate level. I think it is better suited for graduate level coursework.

I used this book for an undergraduate virology course. The teacher taught the class by virus not how the book is set up. The book makes it difficult to find information on any one virus without having to read/search through the entire chapter only to have the piece of info you are looking for tucked into a picture caption. It is not a bad book if you want to know how replication works for all virus, just not the details of one virus. By the end of the course I hated the book because of the time needed to find anything but I'm sure that if the class was taught like how the book is set up it wouldn't have been so bad.

This is a readable book with good illustrations and summarizing schemes, tables... Good for both undergraduate and graduate students...

An interesting approach to understanding virology. Does not categorize by family but draws connections between different viruses, their life cycles, and mechanisms of subverting host defenses and processes. Emphasis on concepts and similarities. Great diagrams and cartoons.

Sorry it took so long to make this review... The product was great and in great condition! The shipping was fast

This book is ok if you have ADD and memorize the dictionary for fun (no offense to those who do); it jumps around more than a jackrabbit and misses the forest for the trees.

As an example of the style of writing this book uses: No, let me change that, it sort of, kind of does miss the forest for the trees, but actually not the trees. You see, it misses the forest for the leaf on a branch covered with bark on a tree, not just any tree, but an oak tree with little acorns, not so little that you have to squint to see them, but little enough that they aren't big. We'll cover acorns in the chapter that is 4 chapters after this one, but for now let me delve into extreme detail about acorns... and so on...

This does give decent knowledge, and does cover the topic in great length, but the disorganization and verbose, tangential language decreases the value of this book to one of an expensive paperweight. Save yourself the trouble - buy a different text!

Has many diagrams but doesn't bring the point home. Even for virology.