Viral Infections Of Humans: Epidemiology & Control

This classic text which "The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine" called "singularly unique" and "an indispensable source of epidemiology" has been extensively revised and updated. Systematic and comprehensive, it remains accessible to a broad readership of health professionals, clinicians, educators, and students.

This latest edition of the classic text includes new and greatly revised chapters on laboratory methods in epidemiology, human herpesvirus types 6 and 7, parvovirus, and retroviruses. The book covers the principles and approaches to the study of viral infections in human populations, major virus classes of medical and public health importance, and neoplastic and other slowly developing diseases due to viral infection.