**Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles as an Essential Purchase in Microbiology**
Cann's Principles of Molecular Virology, Seventh Edition provides an easily accessible introduction to modern virology, presenting principles in a clear and concise manner. The new edition provides the history of virology and the fundamentals of the molecular basis of how viruses work. It discusses the interactions which control the structure of virus particles, the ways viruses infect cells, how viruses replicate themselves, and the consequences and pathogenesis of virus infection for host organisms. This fully updated edition also reflects advances made in the field and includes new content on phage therapy, CRISPR as a phage defense / offense system, new ideas about evolution, and giant viruses. With the addition of ancillary resources, Principles of Molecular Virology, Seventh Edition is an essential foundational reference for academics, graduate students, and advance undergraduates in virology, molecular biology, and microbiology as well as researchers entering virology, infectious disease, and immunology research.
1. Cann’s Principles of Molecular Virology - p. iii 2. Cover - p. iii 3. Title Page - p. iii 4. Copyright Page - p. iv 5. Table of Contents - p. iv 6. Preface - p. vii 7. Chapter 1 What are viruses, and how were they discovered? - p. 1 8. Chapter 2 Viruses and their particles - p. 55 9. Chapter 3 Virus origins and genetics - p. 83 10. Chapter 4 Virus genomes and their replication - p. 125 11. Chapter 5 Expression of virus genomes - p. 167 12. Chapter 6 Infection and immunity - p. 217 13. Chapter 7 Viral pathogenesis - p. 279 14. Chapter 8 Panics and pandemics - p. 307 15. Chapter 9 Subviral agents: Deltaviruses and prions - p. 357 16. Appendix 1 - p. 373 17. Index - p. 379
**Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles as an Essential Purchase in Microbiology**
Cann's Principles of Molecular Virology, Seventh Edition provides an easily accessible introduction to modern virology, presenting principles in a clear and concise manner. The new edition provides the history of virology and the fundamentals of the molecular basis of how viruses work. It discusses the interactions which control the structure of virus particles, the ways viruses infect cells, how viruses replicate themselves, and the consequences and pathogenesis of virus infection for host organisms. This fully updated edition also reflects advances made in the field and includes new content on phage therapy, CRISPR as a phage defense / offense system, new ideas about evolution, and giant viruses. With the addition of ancillary resources, Principles of Molecular Virology, Seventh Edition is an essential foundational reference for academics, graduate students, and advance undergraduates in virology, molecular biology, and microbiology as well as researchers entering virology, infectious disease, and immunology research.
1. Cann’s Principles of Molecular Virology - p. iii 2. Cover - p. iii 3. Title Page - p. iii 4. Copyright Page - p. iv 5. Table of Contents - p. iv 6. Preface - p. vii 7. Chapter 1 What are viruses, and how were they discovered? - p. 1 8. Chapter 2 Viruses and their particles - p. 55 9. Chapter 3 Virus origins and genetics - p. 83 10. Chapter 4 Virus genomes and their replication - p. 125 11. Chapter 5 Expression of virus genomes - p. 167 12. Chapter 6 Infection and immunity - p. 217 13. Chapter 7 Viral pathogenesis - p. 279 14. Chapter 8 Panics and pandemics - p. 307 15. Chapter 9 Subviral agents: Deltaviruses and prions - p. 357 16. Appendix 1 - p. 373 17. Index - p. 379
