Publisher's Synopsis
This resource synthesizes information on viral infectious diseases, and defines the advances in antiviral therapy that are influencing their natural history. This edition has an enhanced clinical focus and expanded coverage of the pharmacology, pre-clinical and clinical toxicology, clinical studies, and vaccines. All antiviral agents are covered - their chemical nature, pharmacology and mechanism of action. There are also discussions of the biology, epidemiology, pathogenesis, and natural history of human viral disease.
