Includes bibliographical references and index.

Frontmatter -- Color Plates -- Section I: An Introduction to the Structure and Behavior of Viruses. Defining the Ecology of Viruses / Christon J Hurst -- An Introduction to Viral Taxonomy with Emphasis on Animal Hosts and the Proposal of Akamara, a Potential Domain for the Genomic Acellular Agents / Christon J Hurst -- Virus Morphology, Replication, and Assembly / Debi P Nayak -- The (CO)Evolutionary Ecology of Viruses / Michael J Allen -- Section II: Viruses of Macroscopic Animals. Coral Viruses / William H Wilson -- Viruses Infecting Marine Molluscs / Tristan Renault -- The Viral Ecology of Aquatic Crustaceans / Leigh Owens -- Viruses of Fish / Audun Helge Nerland, Aina-Cathrine Øverḡrd, Sonal Patel -- Ecology of Viruses Infecting Ectothermic Vertebrates--The Impact of Ranavirus Infections on Amphibians / V Gregory Chinchar, Jacques Robert, Andrew T Storfer -- Viruses of Insects / Declan C Schroeder -- Viruses of Terrestrial Mammals / Laura D Kramer, Norma P Tavakoli -- Viruses of Cetaceans / Marie-Fraṅoise Van Bressem, Juan A Raga -- The Relationship Between Humans, their Viruses, and Prions / Christon J Hurst -- Ecology of Avian Viruses / Josanne H Verhagen, Ron A M Fouchier, Vincent J Munster -- Index.

v. 1. Microbial and botanical host systems -- v. 2. Animal host systems.

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