InhaltsangabeA General partHistorical overview.- Viruses: definition, structure, classification.- Virus proliferation and replication.- Pathogenesis.- Cell damage.- Transformation and carcinogenesis.- Immunology.- Cytokines, chemokines and interferons.- Chemotherapy.- Vaccines.- Epidemiology.- Virus evolution.- Laboratory methods for detection virus infections B Special partViruses with single-stranded, positive-sense RNA genomes.- Viruses with single-stranded, non-segmented, negative-sense RNA genomes.- Viruses with single-stranded, segmented, negative-sense RNA genomes.- Viruses with double-stranded, segmented RNA genomes.- Viruses with single-stranded RNA genomes and double stranded DNA as intermediate products.- Viruses with a double-stranded DNA genome.- Viruses with a single-stranded DNA genome.- Prions.- Appendix 1: Transmission electron microscopy in virology: principles, preparation methods and rapid diagnosis.- Appendix 2: Information on the "prototypical electron microscopic portraits" of individual virus families.- Glossary