Studies in Viral Ecology, Volume 2

This book explains the ecology of viruses by examining their interactive dynamics with their hosting species (in this volume, in animals), 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.

This book explains the ecology of viruses by examining their interactive dynamics with their hosting species (in this volume, in animals), 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.

VOLUME 1.DEDICATION.PREFACE.CONTRIBUTORS.ATTRIBUTION CREDITS FOR COVER AND SPINE ARTWORK.SECTION I AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STRUCTURE AND BEHAVIOR OFVIRUSES.1 Defining the Ecology of Viruses (Christon J.Hurst).2 An Introduction to Viral Taxonomy with Emphasis on Microbialand Botanical Hosts and the Proposal of Akamara, a Potential Domainfor the Genomic Acellular Agents (Christon J. Hurst).3 Virus Morphology, Replication, and Assembly (Debi P.Nayak).4 The (Co)Evolutionary Ecology of Viruses (Michael J.Allen).SECTION II VIRUSES OF OTHER MICROORGANISMS.5 Bacteriophage and Viral Ecology as Seen Through the Lens ofNucleic Acid Sequence Data (Eric Sakowski, William Kress, and K.Eric Wommack).6 Viruses of Cyanobacteria (Lauren D. McDaniel).7 Viruses of Eukaryotic Algae (William H. Wilson and MichaelJ. Allen).8 Viruses of Seaweeds (Declan C. Schroeder).9 The Ecology and Evolution of Fungal Viruses (Michael G.Milgroom and Bradley I. Hillman).10 Prion Ecology (Reed B. Wickner).SECTION III VIRUSES OF MACROSCOPIC PLANTS.11 Ecology of Plant Viruses, with Special Reference toGeminiviruses (Basavaprabhu L. Patil and Claude M.Fauquet).12 Viroids and Viroid Diseases of Plants (Ricardo FloresFrancesco Di Serio, Beatriz Navarro, Nuria Duran-Vila, and RobertA. Owens).INDEX.VOLUME 2.DEDICATION.PREFACE.CONTRIBUTORS.ATTRIBUTION CREDITS FOR COVER AND SPINE ARTWORK.SECTION I AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STRUCTURE AND BEHAVIOR OFVIRUSES.1 Defining the Ecology of Viruses (Christon J.Hurst).2 An Introduction to Viral Taxonomy with Emphasis on AnimalHosts and the Proposal of Akamara, a Potential Domain for theGenomic Acellular Agents (Christon J. Hurst).3 Virus Morphology, Replication, and Assembly (Debi P.Nayak).4 The (Co)evolutionary Ecology of Viruses (Michael J.Allen).SECTION II VIRUSES OF MACROSCOPIC ANIMALS.5 Coral Viruses (William H. Wilson).6 Viruses Infecting Marine Molluscs (TristanRenault).7 The Viral Ecology of Aquatic Crustaceans (LeighOwens).8 Viruses of Fish (Audun Helge Nerland, Aina-CathrineOvergard, and Sonal Patel).9 Ecology of Viruses Infecting Ectothermic Vertebrates--TheImpact of Ranavirus Infections on Amphibians (V. GregoryChinchar, Jacques Robert, and Andrew T. Storfer).10 Viruses of Insects (Declan C. Schroeder).11 Viruses of Terrestrial Mammals (Laura D. Kramer and NormaP. Tavakoli).12 Viruses of Cetaceans (Marie-Franc¸oise Van Bressemand Juan A. Raga).13 The Relationship Between Humans, Their Viruses, and Prions(Christon J. Hurst).14 Ecology of Avian Viruses (Josanne H. Verhagen, Ron A.M.Fouchier, and Vincent J. Munster).INDEX.