Viruses and the Environment

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. The nature of viruses

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   Pages 1-33

3. Exposure to viruses and some consequences

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   Pages 34-60

4. Viruses associated with invertebrates

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   Pages 61-97

5. Viruses and the terrestrial environment

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   Pages 98-129

6. Viruses in aquatic environments

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   Pages 130-139

7. Strategies of virus maintenance in communities

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   Pages 140-167

8. Conclusion

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   Pages 168-170

9. Back Matter

   Pages 171-210

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During the decade since the publication of the first edition of this important book, there has been a rapid advancement in the techniques of genetic engineering and molecular biology. In this edition Joseph Cooper takes those advances into account and includes such topics as gene therapy, immunosuppression and new viruses of human/veterinary significance. Much new information about virus transmission is also included and the most modern systems of virus taxonomy are used to emphasise the features shared between viruses in plants, animals and bacteria. This is the only book of its type which covers viruses in all forms of life.

• animals
• biology
• gene therapy
• invertebrates
• molecular biology
• taxonomy
• virus
• ecotoxicology

• Natural Environmental Research Council, Institute of Virology and Environmental Microbiology, Oxford, UK

  J. I. Cooper

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