A comprehensive and updated volume for the clinical virologist.

• Details laboratory procedures for detecting and handling viruses, from specimen requirements and quality assurance to virus detection and identification, from the fundamentals through the latest molecular methods.
• Presents the most current knowledge on the wide range of specific viral pathogens.
• Includes information on services provided by federal and state public health virology laboratories.
• Provides essential information for clinicians and laboratory virologists.

This title is published by the American Society of Microbiology Press and distributed by Taylor and Francis in rest of world territories.