A brief but comprehensive introduction to the fascinating subject of virology. Eminently suitable for medical, dental and bioscience students; the third edition of Human Virology builds on the success of the previous editions with new material included on SARS, Prion diseases and hepatitis.

1. Virology: How it all began
2. General properties of viruses
3. Viral replication and genetics
4. How viruses cause disease
5. Resistance to virus infections
6. Viruses and cancer in humans
7. Viruses and the community
8. Upper respiratory tract and eye infections due to adenoviruses, coronaviruses (including SARS CoV), and rhinoviruses
9. Childhood infections caused by paramyxoviruses
10. Orthomyxoviruses and influenza
11. Gastroenteritis viruses
12. Rubella: postnatal infections
13. Parvoviruses
14. Poxviruses
15. Papovaviruses
16. Poliomyelitis and other picornavirus infections
17. The herpesviruses: general properties
18. The alphaherpesviruses: herpes simplex and varicella-zoster
19. The betaherpesviruses: cytomegalovirus and human herpesviruses 6 and 7
20. The gammaherpesviruses: epstein-barr virus and kaposi's sarcoma-assocociated herpesvirus
21. Introduction to the hepatitis viruses
22. The blood-borne hepatitis viruses B and delta
23. The enteric hepatitis viruses A and E
24. The bloodborne hepatitis flaviviruses
25. Retroviruses and AIDS
26. Lyssavirus and rabies
27. Arthropod-borne viruses
28. Exotic and dangerous infections: filoviruses, arenaviruses and hantaviruses
29. Prions and the spongiform encephalopathies
30. Viral diseases of the central nervous system
31. Intrauterine and perinatal infections
32. Viral infections in patients with defective immunity
33. Respiratory Infections
34. Sexually transmitted viral infections
35. Resurgent and emergent viral infections
36. The laboratory diagnosis of viral infections
37. Control of viral diseases by immunization
38. Antiviral chemotherapy