Fundamentals of Virology: Today's Persistence and ResponseAuthor(s): Hao Nguyen\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: McGraw-Hill Education, United States\nImprint: McGraw-Hill Education\nISBN-13: 9781265429768, 978-1265429768\nSynopsis\nA concise, expertly written introduction to virologyasubject rapidly increasing in popularity and importance\n\nFundamentals of Virology describes multiple viral species from each major family and compares their survival strategies. The book begins with a thorough introductory chapter explaining everything readers need to know about the basics of virology. Successive chapters are organized by major families within each Baltimore Classification, a system that classes viruses into one of seven groups. Descriptions include a comparison of viral species based on different identities, such as genome type, type of capsid structure and with or without an envelope, mode of transmission, and tropism. Structure-function relationship, cause and effect, adaptation, and.