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Viral Infections of Humans: Epidemiology and Control(Two Volume Set)
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Viral Infections of Humans: Epidemiology and Control(Two Volume Set) | Paperback

by Alfred S. Evans (Editor), Richard A. Kaslow (Editor)

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Binding:  Paperback
Publisher:  Springer
Edition:  4thth Edition
Page Count:  1,078 Pages
Publication Date:  January 15, 1997
Sales Rank:  136,916th


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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, major virus classes of medical and public health importance, and neoplastic and other slowly developing diseases due to viral infection.

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