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1. Introduction to Virology (Nicholas H. Acheson, McGill University).

2. Virus Structure (Stephen C. Harrison, Harvard University).

3. Virus Classification: The World of Viruses (Nicholas H. Acheson, McGill University).

4. Entry of Animal Viruses into Cells (Ari Helenius, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich).

Part II. Bacteriophages.

5. Single-stranded RNA Bacteriophages (Jan van Duin, University of Leiden).

6. Bacteriophage Phi-X 174 (Bentley Fane, University of Arizona).

7. Bacteriophage T7 (William C. Summers, Yale University).

8. Bacterophage Lambda (Michael Feiss, University of Iowa).

Part III. Small DNA Viruses.

9. Parvoviruses (Peter Beard, Swiss Institute for Experimenal Cancer Research).

10. Polyomaviruses (Nicholas H. Acheson, McGill University).

11. Papillomaviruses (Greg Matlashewski, McGill University).

Part IV. Larger DNA Viruses.

12. Adenoviruses (Phillip Branton, McGill University; Richard C. Marcellus, Geminix Biotech Inc.).

13. Herpesviruses (Bernard Roizman, University of Chicago; Gabriella Campadelli-Fiume, University of Bologna).

14. Baculoviruses (Eric Carstens, Queen's University).

15. Poxviruses (Richard C. Condit, University of Florida).

Part V. Positive-Strand RNA Viruses.

16. Picornaviruses (Bert L. Semler, University of California, Irvine).

17. Flaviviruses (Richard Kuhn, Purdue University).

18. Togaviruses (Milton Schlesinger, Washington University in St. Louis; Sondra Schlesinger, Washington University in St. Louis).

19. Coronaviruses (Mark Denison, Vanderbilt University; Sadie Coberley, Vanderbilt University).

Part VI. Negative-Strand and Double-Stranded RNA Viruses.

20. Paramyxoviruses and Rhabdoviruses (Nicholas H. Acheson, McGill University; Daniel Kolakofsky, University of Geneva; Christopher Richardson, University of Toronto).

21. Filoviruses (Hans-Dieter Klenk, University of Marburg; Heinz Feldmann, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg).

22. Bunyaviruses (Richard M. Elliott, University of St. Andrews).

23. Orthomyxoviruses (Dalius J. Briedis, McGill University).

24. Reoviruses (Terence S.Dermody, Vanderbilt University; James D. Chappell, Vanderbilt University).

Part VII. Viruses that use a Reverse Transcriptase.

25. Retroviruses (Alan Cochrane, University of Toronto).

26. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (Alan Cochrane, University of Toronto).

27. Human T-cell Leukemia Viruses (John Hiscott, McGill University; Yael Mamane, McGill University).

28. Hepadnaviruses (Christopher Richardson, University of Toronto; Robert G. Garces, University of Toronto).

Part VIII. Viroids and Prions.

29. Viroids and Hepatitis Delta Virus (Jean-Pierre Perreault, Université de Sherbrooke; Martin Pelchat , University of Ottawa).

30. Prions (Dalius J. Briedis, McGill University).

Part IX. Antiviral Agents, Vectors, and Vaccines.

31. Interferons (John Hiscott, McGill University; Pierre Genin, McGill University).

32. Antiviral Chemotherapy (Donald M. Coen, Harvard University).

33. Eukaryotic Virus Vectors (Rénald Gilbert, NRC Biotechnology Research Institute, Montreal; Bernard Massie, NRC Biotechnology Research Institute, Montreal).

34. Viral Vaccines (Brian Ward, McGill University).