Studies in Viral Ecology, 2 Volume Set - Tapa dura

Overall, a useful resource for both ecologists and virologists seeking to expand their understanding of virus biology. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students and researchers. (Choice, 1 April 2012)

This book explains the ecology of viruses by examining their interactive dynamics with their hosting species (this 2-volume set covers animals as well as microbes and plants), including the types of transmission cycles that viruses have evolved encompassing principal and alternate hosts, vehicles and vectoring species. Examining virology from an organismal biology approach and focusing on the concept that viral infections represent areas of overlap in the ecologies of the involved species, Viral Ecology is essential for students and professionals who either may be non-virologists or virologists whose previous familiarity has been very specialized.