Front Cover; Animal Virus Structure; Copyright Page; Contents; Editors' foreword; List of contributors; Part I. General principles of virus architecture; Chapter 1. General principles of virus architecture; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. Brief survey of virus anatomy; 1.3. Symmetries associated with viruses; 1.4. The meaning of quasi-equivalence and deviations from the doctrine; Part II. Methods for the study of virus structure; Chapter 2A. Electron microscopy: methods for 'structural analysis' of the virion; 2.A.1. Negative staining; 2.A.2. Shadowing techniques.

2.A.3. Low-temperature techniques in virus research2.A.4. Tactics of structural analysis of viruses; Chapter 2B. Electron microscopy: methods for studies of virus/cell interactions; 2B.1. Ultra-thin sectioning; 2B.2. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM); 2B.3. Replica techniques; 2B.4. Immuno-electron microscopy in virology; Chapter 2C. Electron microscopy: image processing and quantitative electron microscopy; 2C.1. Image analysis and image processing; 2C.2. Scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM); 2C.3. Conclusions; Chapter 3. X-ray diffraction from viruses; 3.1. Introduction.

3.2. Crystallization3.3. Data collection; 3.4. Data processing; 3.5. Components of viruses; 3.6. Filamentous specimens; 3.7. Solution scattering; Chapter 4. Neutron scattering; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. Theory; 4.3. Experimental conditions; 4.4. The determination of the virus molecular weight and of its radius of gyration; 4.5. The determination of a model of the virus; 4.6. Conclusion; Part III. Taxonomy of animal viruses; Chapter 5. Taxonomy of animal viruses; 5.1. Introduction; 5.2. The ICTV universal system of virus taxonomy; Part IV. RNA-containing virus families; Chapter 6. Picornaviridae.

6.1. General characteristics6.2. Enteroviruses: species poliovirus; 6.3. Enterovirus: species hepatitis A virus; 6.4. Aphthoviruses: species foot-and-mouth disease virus; 6.5. Rhinovirus: species HRV 14, HRV 2; 6.6. Cardioviruses: species Encephalomyocarditis virus, Mengovirus; 6.7. Virus-cell interactions; Chapter 7. Caliciviridae; 7.1. General characteristics; 7.2. Chemical and physical characteristics; 7.3. Structural characteristics; 7.4. Architecture of the virus; 7.5. Antigenic properties; 7.6. Biological properties; Chapter 8. Birnaviridae; 8.1 General characteristics.

8.2. Chemical and physical characteristics8.3. Structural characteristics; 8.4. Architecture of the virus particle; 8.5. Antigenic properties; 8.6. Biological properties; Chapter 9. Reoviridae; 9.1. General characteristics; 9.2. Orthoreovirus: species Reovirus type 3 (Dearing strain); 9.3. Rotavirus: species Simian rotavirus SA-11; 9.4. Orbivirus: species Bluetongue virus (BTV); 9.5. Cypovirus: species Cytoplasmic polyhedrosis virus (CPV-I); 9.6. Phytoreovirus: species Wound tumor virus (WTV); 9.7. Fijivirus: species Fiji desease virus (FDV); Chapter 10. Bunyaviridae.