Introduction of Modern Virology 4 Sub Edition

by Nigel Dimmock (Author), S B Primrose (Author)

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The latest edition of this best-selling textbook continues to provide a unique cross-sectional study of virology. The text emphasizes structural and functional principles common to different species of virus rather than attempting a less useful taxonomic analysis. An entirely new chapter on HIV and AIDS has been added, providing a valuable vertical profile of an extremely important viral infection. The coverage of all aspects of immunology has been fully updated to take account of recent advances, especially in the T-cell area and in their relation to viral pathogenesis. New and powerful techniques such as PCR are explained in detail and their importance in virology demonstrated. The fourth edition will retain its place as the textbook of choice in virology, continuing to relate our current understanding of viral structure and function in relation to disease, and demonstrating how advances in molecular and cell biology and genetics are affecting the study and control of viruses.

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Series: Basic Microbiology (Book 2)
Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 4 Sub edition (December 15, 1994)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0632034033
ISBN-13: 978-0632034031
Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 0.9 x 9.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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All you need to start this fascinating subject

By A Customer on July 10, 1999

Format: Paperback

Virology is not the easiest of subjects to consider studying so it was with some trepidation that I ordered this book. My confidence was well founded as it is in every way superb. Chapters include definitions of viruses, lab techniques, biochemistry, processes of infection, virus-host interactions, vaccines, evolution of viruses and focus chapters on specific viruss/groups. Every page was fascinating and ,relatively easy to grasp if read in page order (though this is not a book for the complete layman, 'A' level biology or chemistry will be useful if not essential). Did you know that ME is caused by a virus, or that seals can catch human flu, or that at laest two infectious particle SMALLER than viruses exist? Read this book!

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There are better virology text books!

By G on March 14, 2010

Format: Paperback

I teach at a liberal arts college and I chose this book because the other classically used virology text often feels like information overload, especially for an undergraduate. This book does a good job of keeping it simple and providing representative examples. However, it often leaves you feeling like it's not telling the whole story (an obvious lack of details) AND, even worse, its figures are screwed up time and time again. The 5' and 3' labels are often wrong, and those kind of details need to be the basis for a student's true understanding of virology. The figures need to be completely redone. They contain mistake after mistake. I plan on having my students write up their own comments before the semester is over, and I'm going to add my own list of errors and send them to the authors. I hope that they spend more time on the next edition's figures, as this is just plain sad.

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Good Information, Bad Organization

By C. Tobin on May 9, 2006

Format: Paperback

Granted virology is not the most organized branch of science, the author could have done a much better job organizing the information. At many times through out this book I felt lost, not because I didn't understand the information (if you've taken molecular bio virology will be a much easier course) but because I couldn't figure out how this example fit into the big picture. Later on after finishing a couple of chapters I had to go back through my notes, rearrange everything, and add notes to my notes.

On the good side, there was a lot of helpful information and background on the experiments used to assertain this information.

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Virology Text

By Matthew M. Nelson on February 2, 2011

Format: Paperback

I'm not sure if there is just a shortage of virology textbooks, but this reader, although well supported by cited work, is hardly well-written. The prose of a textbook shouldn't bog the reader down, but confer a good feel of the concepts being presented.