Fields Virology

Fields Virology, 8th Edition, edited by Drs. Peter M. Howley and David M. Knipe, along with associate editors Drs. Jeffrey I. Cohen, Eric O. Freed, Sallie Permar, Susan R. Weiss, and Sean P. J. Whelan, remains the most authoritative and pre-eminent book in this fast-changing field, covering the principles of virology as well as the basic and medical aspects of specific virus families. This up-to-date classic text retains the book’s unique approach of integrating basic virology with medical virology for each virus. It remains the authoritative reference of choice for virologists, infectious disease specialists, microbiologists, and physicians, as well as medical and graduate students pursuing a career in infectious diseases.

• Discusses how viruses cause disease, epidemics, and pandemics; viral persistence and latency; viruses as tools for gene therapy and vectors for vaccination; and new therapeutics and vaccine approaches—all reflecting recent advances in this dynamic field
• Features more than 1,200 full-color illustrations and key figures 
• Provides thorough coverage of virus structure, virus entry, replication and assembly, virus-host cell interactions, host immune responses and vaccines, antiviral therapeutics, virus evolution, and immunization
• Covers all major viruses, including COVID-19, mpox, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), rotaviruses, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), measles virus, HPV, Epstein Barr virus, the Merkel Cell Polyomavirus and hepatitis B virus, and more