As with the first edition, this book explains the ecology of viruses by examining their interactive dynamics with their hosting species (covering both animals 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.This second edition of Studies in Viral Ecology is designed to serve as a means of updating the knowledge of virologists regarding the broader aspects of viral ecology.
As with the first edition, this book explains the ecology of viruses by examining their interactive dynamics with their hosting species (covering both animals 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.
Now in its second edition, Studies in Viral Ecology explores the intricate interactions between viruses and other organisms from a “virocentric” perspective. Divided into five sections, the book opens with a thorough introduction to the ecology of all viruses, followed by detailed examinations that individually consider the viruses of other microorganisms, viruses of vascular plants, and viruses of vertebrate and invertebrate animals. The chapters have been written by leading scientists in their respective research fields and cover topics such as the evolution of fungal viruses, viruses affecting insects, viruses of terrestrial and marine mammals, and the relationship between humans, their viruses, and prions.Studies in Viral Ecology, Second Edition remains required reading for virologists and virology instructors and students who study the interactions between virus and host at the individual species and higher taxonomic levels.
Table of Contents
Section I: An Introduction to the Ecology of Viruses
Chapter 1. Defining the Ecology of Viruses
Christon J. Hurst
Section II: Viruses Of Other Microorganisms
Chapter 2. Bacteriophage and Viral Ecology in the ‘Omics Age
Jessica Chopyk, Daniel J. Nasko, and Eric G. Sakowski
Chapter 3. Viruses of Eukaryotic Microalgae
Victoria L. N. Jackson, Michael J. Allen and Adam Monier
Chapter 4. Viruses of Seaweeds
Declan C. Schroeder and Dean A. McKeown
Chapter 5. The Ecology and Evolution of Fungal Viruses
Bradley I. Hillman and Michael G. Milgroom
Section III: Viruses of Vascular Plants
Chapter 6. Ecology of Plant Infecting Viruses, with Special Reference to Geminiviruses
Basavaprabhu L. Patil and Claude M. Fauquet
Chapter 7. Viroids and Viroid Diseases of Plants
Ricardo Flores, Francesco Di Serio, Beatriz Navarro, Nuria Duran-Vila and Robert A. Owens
Section IV: Viruses of Invertebrate Animals
Chapter 8. Viruses Infecting Marine Molluscs
Tristan Renault
Chapter 9. Viruses Affecting Crustaceans
Kelly S. Bateman
Chapter 10. Viruses of Insects
Declan C. Schroeder and Jessica L. Kevill
Section V: Viruses of Vertebrate Animals
Chapter 11. Viruses of Fish
Audun Helge Nerland, Aina-Cathrine Øvergård and Sonal Patel
Chapter 12. Ecology of Viruses Infecting Ectothermic Vertebrates - The Impact of Ranavirus Infections on Amphibians
V. Gregory Chinchar, Amanda L.J. Duffus, Jesse L. Brunner
Chapter 13. Viruses of Reptiles
Rachel E. Marschang, Jonathan I. Meddings, and Ellen Ariel
Chapter 14. Ecology of Avian Viruses
Josanne H. Verhagen
Chapter 15. Viruses of Terrestrial Mammals
Laura D. Kramer and Norma P. Tavakoli
Chapter 16. Viruses of Marine Mammals
Sasan Fereidouni
Chapter 17. The Relationship Between Humans, Their Viruses, and Prions
Christon J. Hurst
