簡·弗林特 is Professor Emerita of Molecular Biology at Princeton University. Dr. Flint’s research focused on investigation of the mechanisms by which viral gene products modulate host pathways and antiviral defenses to allow efficient reproduction in normal human cells of adenoviruses, viruses that are used in such therapeutic applications as gene transfer and cancer treatment.

文森特·R·拉卡尼羅 is Higgins Professor of Microbiology & Immunology at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons. Dr. Racaniello has been studying viruses for over 40 years, including polio- virus, rhinovirus, enteroviruses, hepatitis C virus, and Zika virus. He blogs about virus-es at virology.ws and is host of This Week in Virology.

Glenn F. Rall is a Professor and the Chief Academic Officer at the Fox Chase Cancer Center, and is an Adjunct Professor in the Microbiology and Immunology departments at the University of Pennsylvania, as well as Thomas Jefferson, Drexel, and Temple Universities. Dr. Rall studies viral infections of the brain and the immune responses to those infections, with the goal of defining how viruses contribute to disease.

Theodora Hatziioannou is a Research Associate Professor at Rockefeller University and is actively involved in teaching programs at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Hatziioannou has worked on multiple viruses with a focus on retroviruses and the molecular mechanisms that govern virus tropism and on the improvement of animal models for human disease.

Anna Marie Skalka is a Professor Emerita and former Senior Vice President for Basic Research at the Fox Chase Cancer Center. Dr. Skalka is internationally recognized for her contributions to the understanding of the biochemical mechanisms by which retroviruses replicate and insert their genetic material into the host genome, as well as her research into other molecular aspects of retrovirus biology.

病毒學原理是目前使用中的領先病毒學教科書，是對現代細胞生物學和免疫學交叉領域的病毒學的極有價值和信息豐富的介紹。 本文通過強調所有病毒的共同原則和過程，採用了一種獨特的理性方法。 使用一組具有代表性的病毒來說明病毒複雜性的廣度，學生能夠理解病毒的繁殖和發病機制，並為將來遇到新的或未被研究的病毒配備必要的工具。

第五版已更新，以跟上不斷變化的病毒學領域的步伐。 除了深受喜愛的全彩色插圖、對領先科學家的視頻採訪、電影和相關主題的精彩博文鏈接外，此版本還包括每章中的學習問題和主動學習難題，以及關於關鍵信息的簡短描述特別感興趣的參考資料。

第一卷：分子生物學 專注於病毒繁殖的分子過程，從進入到釋放。 第二卷：發病機制和控制 從微觀和宏觀層面探討病毒與其宿主生物之間的相互作用，包括關於公共衛生、免疫反應、疫苗和其他抗病毒策略、病毒進化的章節，以及關於病毒治療用途的全新章節。 這兩卷可以用於單獨的課程，也可以一起用於單個課程。 每個都包括一個獨特的附錄、詞彙表和互聯網資源鏈接。

病毒學原理，第五版, 非常適合教授所有病毒在宿主內繁殖、傳播和在種群內維持的策略。 該版本仔細反映了從課程教師和學生那裡收到的廣泛審查和反饋的結果，使這本著名的教科書更適合病毒學、微生物學和傳染病的本科生和研究生課程。