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This basic but comprehensive text is aimed at all healthcare professionals who need a clear understanding of medical virology.
Written by two highly experienced virologists, the book is divided into five sections:

1) Individual viruses
2) Other related agents
3) Clinical syndromes
4) Diagnostic techniques
5) Patient management.

The individual virus chapters provide information on incubation period, infectivity, control of infection and management. The clinical syndrome chapters provide information on the clinical presentation of disease, thus enabling the reader to search according to patient symptoms rather than referring to several individual virus chapters. The standard chapter formats, simple language and liberal use of tables, figures and algorithms enable quick access to key information, and the comprehensive coverage of all viral agents is unique in a practical guide of this size.

List of plates viii

Preface ix

Acknowledgements x

Section 1 Individual Viruses: Introduction to virology 1

1 Adenoviruses 7

2 Arboviruses and haemorrhagic fever viruses 10

3 Cytomegalovirus (CMV) 17

4 Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) 21

5 Enteroviruses 24

6 Hepatitis A virus (HAV) 28

7 Hepatitis B and D viruses (HBV and HDV) 32

8 Hepatitis C virus (HCV) 41

9 Hepatitis E virus (HEV) 46

10 Herpes simplex virus (HSV) 49

11 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) 54

12 Human herpes viruses types 6, 7 and 8 (HHV 6, 7 and 8) 62

13 Human T-cell leukaemia virus (HTLV) 64

14 Influenza viruses 69

15 Measles virus 73

16 Mumps virus 77

17 Noroviruses 80

18 Parainfluenza viruses 82

19 Papilloma and polyoma viruses 84

20 Parvovirus B19 90

21 Pox viruses 94

22 Rabies virus 98

23 Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) 101

24 Rhinoviruses 104

25 Rotavirus 106

26 Rubella virus 109

27 SARS CoV and other coronaviruses 113

28 Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) 116

Section 2 Other Related Agents

29 Chlamydia 121

30 Toxoplasma gondii 126

31 Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (CJD and vCJD) 129

Section 3 Clinical Syndromes

32 Central nervous system viral infections 133

33 Viral eye infections 137

34 The common cold 141

35 Respiratory virus infections 144

36 Atypical pneumonia 147

37 Gastroenteritis viruses 150

38 Viral hepatitis 153

39 Genital tract and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) 160

40 Glandular fever-type illness 164

41 Viral rashes and skin infections 166

42 Infections in pregnancy, congenital and neonatal infections 173

43 Virus infections in immunocompromised patients184

44 Viral malignancies 193

45 Travel-related infections 198

Section 4 Diagnostic Techniques

46 Sending specimens to the laboratory 201

47 Serological techniques 204

48 Virus detection 211

49 Molecular techniques 217

Section 5 Patient Management

50 Antiviral drugs 221

51 Viral vaccines 232

52 Infection control 239

53 Occupational health 246

Index 250