Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Douglas D. Richman, Richard J. Whitley, and Frederick G. Hayden --

Section I: Viral syndromes and general principles -- Respiratory infections / John J. Treanor -- Viral central nervous system infections / Kevin A. Cassady and Richard J. Whitley -- Gastrointestinal syndromes / Manish Patel and Roger I. Glass -- Viral hepatitis / Andrew W. Tai and Jules L. Dienstag -- Infections in organ transplant recipients / John A. Zaia -- Viral myocarditis / Jeffrey A. Towbin -- Viral infections of the skin / Brenda L. Bartlett and Stephen K. Tyring -- Viral hemorrhagic fevers: a comparative appraisal / Mike Bray and Karl M. Johnson -- Viral disease of the eye / Garry Shuttleworth and David Easty -- Antiretroviral agents / Magdalena E. Sobieszczyk, Barbara S. Taylor, and Scott M. Hammer -- Antiherpesvirus, anti-hepatitis virus, and anti-respiratory virus agents / Michael T. Yin ... [et al.] -- Diagnosis of viral infections / Guy Boivin ... [et al.] -- Immune responses to viruses / Jonathan W. Yewdell, Theodore C. Pierson, and Jack R. Bennink -- Immunization against viral diseases / Julie E. Martin and Barney S. Graham -- Gene therapy and viruses / Donald B. Kohn ... [et al.] -- Chronic fatigue and postinfective fatigue syndromes / Andrew R. Lloyd, Ian Hickie, and Denis Wakefield --

Section II: The agents -- Part A: DNA viruses -- Poxviruses / R. Mark Buller and Frank Fenner -- Herpes simplex viruses / Richard J. Whitley and Bernard Roizman -- Cercopithecine herpesvirus 1 (B virus) / Richard J. Whitley -- Varicella-zoster virus / Anne A. Gershon and Saul J. Silverstein -- Cytomegalovirus / Paul David Griffiths, Vincent Clive Emery, and Richard Milne -- Human herpesvirus 6 and human herpesvirus 7 / Koichi Yamanishi and Yasuko Mori -- Epstein-Barr virus / Katherine Luzuriaga and John L. Sullivan -- Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus / Patrick S. Moore and Yuan Chang -- Adenoviruses / Olli Ruuskanen ... [et al.] -- Polyomaviruses / John E. Greenlee and Frank J. O'Neill -- Papillomavirus / William Bonnez -- Human Parvoviruses / Larry J. Anderson and Dean D. Erdman -- TT virus / Peter Simmonds -- Hepatitis B virus / Alexander J. V. Thompson, Sally J. Bell, and Stephen A. Locarnini -- Part B: RNA viruses -- Human lymphotropic viruses: HTLV-1 and HTLV-2 / William A. Blattner and Manhattan E. Charurat -- Human immunodeficiency virus / John C. Guatelli ... [et al.] -- Colorado tick fever virus and other arthropod-borne Reoviridae / Steven Yukl and Joseph K. Wong -- Rotaviruses / Manuel A. Franco and Harry B. Greenberg -- Respiratory syncytial virus, human metapneumovirus, and parainfluenza viruses / John V. Williams, Pedro A. Piedra, and Janet A. Englund -- Measles virus / William J. Moss and Diane E. Griffin -- Mumps virus / John W. Gnann, Jr. -- Zoonotic paramyxoviruses / Paul A. Rota, Thomas G. Ksiazek, and William J. Bellini -- Rhabdoviruses / Thomas P. Bleck and Charles E. Rupprecht -- Filoviruses / Mike Bray -- Influenza virus / Frederick G. Hayden and Peter Palese -- Bunyaviridae: bunyaviruses, phleboviruses, nairoviruses, and hantaviruses / Gregory J. Mertz -- Arenaviruses / C. J. Peters -- Enteroviruses / Jos e R. Romero -- Rhinovirus / Ronald B. Turner and Wai-Ming Lee -- Hepatitis A virus / Philip R. Spradling, Annette Martin, and Stephen M. Feinstone -- Human caliciviruses / Robert L. Atmar and Mary K. Estes -- Hepatitis E virus / David A. Anderson and Iswar L. Shrestha -- Astrovirus / Ernesto M endez and Carlos F. Arias -- Coronaviruses / Kenneth McIntosh and J. S. M. Peiris -- Arthropod-borne flaviviruses / Lyle R. Petersen and Alan D. T. Barrett -- Hepatitis C virus / Yaron Rotman and T. Jake Liang -- Alphaviruses / David W. Smith, John S. Mackenzie, and Scott C. Weaver -- Rubella virus / David W. Kimberlin -- Part C: Subviral agents -- Hepatitis D virus / Antonina Smedile, Alessia Ciancio, and Mario Rizzetto -- Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies / Adriano Aguzzi.