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Preface 1. History and impact of virology 2. Classification of viruses and phylogenetic relationships 3. Virion structure 4. Virus replication in single cells 5. Virus-cell interactions 6. The immune response to virus infections 7. Pathogenesis of virus infections 8. Models of infection 9. Mechanisms of viral oncogenesis 10. Laboratory diagnosis of virus diseases 11. Vaccination against virus diseases 12. Chemotherapy and gene therapy of virus infections 13. Epidemiology of virus infections 14. Surveillance, prevention, control, eradication 15. Evolution and emergence of virus diseases 16. Poxviruses 17. Herpesviruses 18. Adenoviruses 19. Papillomaviruses 20. Polyomaviruses 21. Parvoviruses 22. Hepadnaviruses and hepatitis delta 23. Retroviruses 24. Reoviruses 25. Orthomyxoviruses 26. Paramyxoviruses 27. Rhabdoviruses 28. Filoviruses 29. Bunyaviruses 30. Arenaviruses 31. Coronaviruses 32. Picornaviruses 33. Caliciviruses 34. Astroviruses 35. Togaviruses 36. Flaviviruses 37. Other viruses 38. Prion diseases 39. Viral syndromes

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