The Herpesviruses

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xv

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2. The Family Herpesviridae: General Description, Taxonomy, and Classification

   • Bernard Roizman

   Pages 1-23

3. Epidemiology of Epstein—Barr Virus and Associated Diseases in Man

   • Guy De-Thé

   Pages 25-103

4. Biochemistry of Epstein—Barr Virus

   • Elliott Kieff, Timothy Dambaugh, Walter King, Mark Heller, Andrew Cheung, Vicky Van Santen et al.

   Pages 105-150

5. Biology of Lymphoid Cells Transformed by Epstein—Barr Virus

   • James E. Robinson, George Miller

   Pages 151-207

6. Immunology of Epstein—Barr Virus

   • Werner Henle, Gertrude Henle

   Pages 209-252

7. Herpesvirus saimiri and Herpesvirus ateles

   • Bernhard Fleckenstein, Ronald C. Desrosiers

   Pages 253-332

8. The Molecular Biology of Marek’s Disease Herpesvirus

   • Meihan Nonoyama

   Pages 333-346

9. Biology of Marek’s Disease Virus and the Herpesvirus of Turkeys

   • Laurence Noel Payne

   Pages 347-431

10. Back Matter

    Pages 433-445

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The first volume of the nineteen-volume series entitled Comprehensive Virology was published in 1974 and the last is yet to appear. We noted in 1974 that virology as a discipline had passed through its descriptive and phenomenological phases and was joining the molecular biology rev­ olution. The volumes published to date were meant to serve as an in­ depth analysis and standard reference of the evolving field of virology. We felt that viruses as biological entities had to be considered in the context of the broader fields of molecular and cellular biology. In fact, we felt then, and feel even more strongly now, that viruses, being simpler biological models, could serve as valuable probes for investigating the biology of the far more complex host cell. During the decade-long compilation of a series of books like Com­ prehensive Virology, some of the coverage will obviously not remain up­ to-date. The usual remedy to this aspect of science publishing is to pro­ duce a second edition. However, in view of the enormous increase in knowledge about viruses, we felt that a new approach was needed in covering virology in the 1980s and 1990s. Thus we decided to abandon the somewhat arbitrary subgrouping of the subject matter under the titles Reproduction, Structure and Assembly, Regulation and Genetics, Addi­ tional Topics, and Virus-Host Interactions. Instead we have organized a new series entitled The Viruses.

• biology
• cell
• genetics
• molecular biology
• reproduction
• virology
• virus
• infectious diseases

• University of Chicago, Chicago, USA

  Bernard Roizman

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