Established for 20 years as the definitive virology reference, the two-volume classic Fields Virology is in its thoroughly revised, updated Fifth Edition. More than 100 world-renowned investigators provide encyclopedic coverage of every aspect of contemporary virology, including the pathogenesis of viral diseases and the molecular biology, replication, and clinical significance of all known virus families.
This edition has many new international contributing authors and a greater emphasis on clinical relevance. Coverage includes new material on viruses and biodefense, emerging and re-emerging viruses, the human virome, mononegavirales, and henipaviruses. This edition also has a new two-color design and a revised art program unifying replication and virions images.

A new bound-in CD-ROM contains a viral image bank.


Table Of Contents

History of Virology
Principles of Virology
Principles of Virus Structure
Virus Entry and Uncoating
Virus Replication Strategies
Virus Assembly
Viral Conquest of the Host Cell
Cellular Transformation by Viruses
Innate Responses to Viral Infection
Adaptive Immune Responses to Viral Infection
Pathogenesis of Viral Infections
Virus Evolution
Epidemiology
Antiviral Agents
Immunization Against Viral Diseases
Virus Vectors and Their Applications
Diagnostic Virology
Viruses and Biodefense
Emerging and Re-Emerging Viruses
The Virus World ("The Virome")
Plant Viruses
Insect Viruses
Viruses and Prions of Yeasts, Fungi, and Unicellular Organisms
Bacteriophages
Picornaviridae: The Viruses and Their Replication
Enteroviruses: Polioviruses, Coxsackievirus, Echoviruses, and Newer Enteroviruses
Rhinoviruses
Hepatitis A Virus
Human Caliciviriuses
Astroviruses
Togaviridae
Alphaviruses
Rubella Virus
Flaviviridae: The Viruses and Their Replication
Flaviviruses
Hepatitis C Viruses
Nidovirales: Coronoviridae and Ateriviridae
Coronaviridae
Arteriviruses
Mononegavirales
Rhabdoviridae
Filoviridae: Marburg and Ebola Viruses
Paramyxoviridae: The Viruses and Their Replication
Parainfluenza Viruses
Mumps Virus
Measles Virus
Henipaviruses
Respiratory Syncytial Virus and Metapneumoviruses
Orthomyxoviridae: The Viruses and Their Replication
Orthomyxoviruses
Bunyaviridae
Arenaviridae
Bornaviridae
Reoviruses
Rotaviruses
Orbiviruses
Retroviridae: The Retroviruses and Their Replication
Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus Types I and II
HIVs and Their Replication
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Nonhuman Lentiviruses
Other Human and Primate Retroviruses
Polyomaviridae
Papillomaviridae
Adenoviridae: The Viruses and Their Replication
Adenoviruses
Parvoviridae
The Herpesviridae Family: A Brief Introduction
Herpes Simplex Viruses
Epstein-Barr Virus
Cytomegaloviruses
Varicella-Zoster Virus
Human Herpesviruses 6A, 6B, and 7
Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus
Cercopithecine Herpesvirus (B Virus)
Poxviridae: The Viruses and Their Replication
Poxviruses
Hepadnaviridae
Hepatitis Delta Virus
Hepatitis E Virus
Prions