Animal host systems / edited by Christon J. Hurst.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hurst, Christon J.

Series:

Studies in viral ecology ; v. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Viruses--Ecology.

Viruses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (446 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book explains the ecology of viruses by examining their interactive dynamics with their hosting species (in this volume, in animals), including the types of transmission cycles that viruses have evolved encompassing principal and alternate hosts, vehicles and vectoring species. Examining virology from an organismal biology approach and focusing on the concept that viral infections represent areas of overlap in the ecologies of the involved species, Viral Ecology is essential for students and professionals who either may be non-virologists or virologists whose previous familiarity h

Contents:

section 1. An introduction to the structure and behavior of viruses

section 2. Viruses of macroscopic animals.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 13, 2016).

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786613175717

9781283175715

1283175711

9781118025697

1118025695

9781118025710

1118025717

9781118025673

1118025679

OCLC:

808093042