Ebola and Marburg Viruses: A View of Infection Using Electron Microscopy

Ryabchikova summarizes her own findings during 30 years of electron microscopy and virology research in Russia, and recent published and unpublished literature from the work of others, to provide an overview of the filoviruses, and the pathogenesis of the diseases they cause. She and American environmental chemist Price, follow the stages of filoviral infection from the individual cell to the greater unit of the whole organism, and demonstrate the quality and usefulness of electron microscopy in studying both viruses and pathological processes. They write for researchers in medicine and biology generally, so avoid jargon specific to virology. The high quality monochrome images are labeled in detail, and referenced to text passages. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)