The Springer Index of Viruses-2판 (4 vol)

▶Includes a new taxonomy of viruses, officially established in 1999
▶Comprehensive description of all viruses in the form of standardized entries arranged alphabetically


The continuous growth of knowledege makes it very difficult for scientists to retrieve comprehensive and accurate data
on viruses. The desired information is often dispersed in a variety of books, journals and online resources. This
encyclopedia presents the latest facts about all known virus in a standardized form created by hundreds of the world's
leading virologists.

Virus taxonomy represents the basic framework that allows an understanding of the complex evolutionary process that
continuously takes place among viruses and their hosts. Each of the 300 taxonomically ordered chapters includes
detailed information on individual genus members, historical events, the hosts they can affect (animal, man or plant),
virion morphology, genome properties, replication strategy, properties of individual transcripts and proteins, sequence
accession numbers, biological properties, diseases, recombinant vector constructs, vaccine strains, key references, as
well as a high-resolution particle image and a drawing of the genome organization. Its high content of easily
accessible detail information makes this Encyclopedia an indispensable tool for both researchers and lecturers. The new
edition includes the recent discoveries made in this field as well as new viruses which have been discovered.