1. Introduction to Virology

Nicholas H. Acheson, McGill University

2. Virus Structure

Stephen C. Harrison, Harvard University

3. Virus Classification: The World of Viruses

Nicholas H. Acheson, McGill University

4. Entry of Animal Viruses into Cells

Ari Helenius, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Part II. Bacteriophages

5. Single-stranded RNA Bacteriophages

Jan van Duin, University of Leiden

6. Bacteriophage Phi-X 174

Bentley Fane, University of Arizona

7. Bacteriophage T7

William C. Summers, Yale University

8. Bacterophage Lambda

Michael Feiss, University of Iowa

Part III. Small DNA Viruses

9. Parvoviruses

Peter Beard, Swiss Institute for Experimenal Cancer Research

10. Polyomaviruses

Nicholas H. Acheson, McGill University

11. Papillomaviruses

Greg Matlashewski, McGill University

Part IV. Larger DNA Viruses

12. Adenoviruses

Phillip Branton, McGill University

Richard C. Marcellus, Geminix Biotech Inc.

13. Herpesviruses

Bernard Roizman, University of Chicago

Gabriella Campadelli-Fiume, University of Bologna

14. Baculoviruses

Eric Carstens, Queen's University

15. Poxviruses

Richard C. Condit, University of Florida

Part V. Positive-Strand RNA Viruses

16. Picornaviruses

Bert L. Semler, University of California, Irvine

17. Flaviviruses

Richard Kuhn, Purdue University

18. Togaviruses

Milton Schlesinger, Washington University in St. Louis

Sondra Schlesinger, Washington University in St. Louis

19. Coronaviruses

Mark Denison, Vanderbilt University

Sadie Coberley, Vanderbilt University

Part VI. Negative-Strand and Double-Stranded RNA Viruses

20. Paramyxoviruses and Rhabdoviruses

Nicholas H. Acheson, McGill University

Daniel Kolakofsky, University of Geneva

Christopher Richardson, University of Toronto

21. Filoviruses

Hans-Dieter Klenk, University of Marburg

Heinz Feldmann, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg

22. Bunyaviruses

Richard M. Elliott, University of St. Andrews

23. Orthomyxoviruses

Dalius J. Briedis, McGill University

24. Reoviruses

Terence S.Dermody, Vanderbilt University

James D. Chappell, Vanderbilt University

Part VII. Viruses that use a Reverse Transcriptase

25. Retroviruses

Alan Cochrane, University of Toronto

26. Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Alan Cochrane, University of Toronto

27. Human T-cell Leukemia Viruses

John Hiscott, McGill University

Yael Mamane, McGill University

28. Hepadnaviruses

Christopher Richardson, University of Toronto

Robert G. Garces, University of Toronto

Part VIII. Viroids and Prions

29. Viroids and Hepatitis Delta Virus

Jean-Pierre Perreault, Université de Sherbrooke

Martin Pelchat , University of Ottawa

30. Prions

Dalius J. Briedis, McGill University

Part IX. Antiviral Agents, Vectors, and Vaccines

31. Interferons

John Hiscott, McGill University

Pierre Genin, McGill University

32. Antiviral Chemotherapy

Donald M. Coen, Harvard University

33. Eukaryotic Virus Vectors

Rénald Gilbert, NRC Biotechnology Research Institute, Montreal

Bernard Massie, NRC Biotechnology Research Institute, Montreal

34. Viral Vaccines

Brian Ward, McGill University