Clinical Virology

Covers facet of clinical virology as it applies to laboratory practice and techniques. This book helps the reader through "how to's" of the procedures - from specimen collection, through virus isolation and definitive identification. It offers helpful profiles of disease syndromes for 15 viruses that are commonly identified by standard methods.

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This new book covers every facet of clinical virology as it applies to laboratory practice and techniques. It walks the reader through "how to's" of the essential procedures - from specimen collection, through virus isolation and definitive identification. Helpful profiles of disease syndromes for 15 viruses commonly identified by standard methods review the biology, appropriate clinical methodologies, and information on virus isolation. More rare viruses are simply listed with descriptions of their structures, classifications, and disease association in the chapter of viral biology.