Principles of Virology, Volume I: Molecular Biology

by S. Jane Flint, Lynn W. Enquist, Vincent R. Racaniello

Best-selling textbook fills the gap between introductory texts and advanced reviews of major virus families. Focuses on concepts and principles to present a comprehensive treatment from molecular biology to pathogenesis and control of viral infections. Illustrates why and how animal viruses are studied and demonstrates how the knowledge gained from such model viruses can be used to study viral systems that are still relatively unknown. Provides a thorough introduction to principles of viral pathogenesis, a broad view of viral evolution, a discussion of how viruses were discovered, and an explanation of the history of the discipline of virology.

Genres: Textbooks, Biology, Science, Nonfiction

567 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2008

Reviews

[Gabriel Miernik]

The authors really made the subject so much less understandable than what was needed. The book is written in an extremely complicated way that only confuses new students. They take fairly simple processes that can be explained and summarized fairly easily and instead they involve completely irrelevant information in their explanations. Providing details is good but just do that after the concept has been explained. I am so dissapointed. I wasted so much time trying to understand what the heck the text was implying just to get to the point.

[sara]

I love how this book focused on all the intricate, molecular details instead of just listing different viruses. So so enjoyable