Human pathogenic viruses are submicroscopic infectious agents that multiply only inside living cells and which cause disease in humans.
Keywords: virus; pathogenesis; human infections
Human Pathogenic Viruses
Tom McKee, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Tony Minson, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Published online: April 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0000424
| Further Reading | |
| book Benenson AS (ed.) (1995) Control of Communicable Diseases Manual. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association. [A useful reference covering virus (and other) infections with a more epidemiological slant.] | |
| book Cann A (1993) Principles of Molecular Virology. London: Academic Press. [A basic introduction to molecular virology.] | |
| book Collier L, Balows A and Sussman M (eds) (1998) Topley and Wilson's Microbiology and Microbial Infections. Vol. 1: Virology. London: Arnold. [An up-to-date reference text covering viruses and virus infections in some detail and with a clinical bias.] | |
| book Mandell GL, Bennett JE and Dolin R (eds.) (1995) Mandell, Douglas & Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, 4th edn. New York: Churchill Livingstone. [A detailed, two-volume reference text covering the clinical aspects of virus infections.] | |
| book Mitchinson MJ (ed.) (1995) Essentials of Pathology. Oxford: Blackwell Science. [Virology chapters provide a basic introduction to the virus infections and replication.] | |
| book White DO and Fenner FJ (1996) Medical Virology, 4th edn. London: Academic Press. [Classic and best introductory text for human medical virology.] | |
