I prepared this preface to the fourth edition of Viral Infections of Humans alone and with mixed emotions. It was immensely gratifying when Al Evans invited me to join him in producing the new edition. After following at a distance his exemplary career as a scholar and gentleman in every sense of those words, I was filled with anticipation at the privilege of observing close at hand the thoughtful dedication he had previously brought to editorial process. However, work together soon the our was overshadowed by the condition that would slowly take him from our task and our midst. As we both increasingly realized that his declining health might prevent him from seeing this final product, the initial gratification that I had felt gave way to a sense of awesome responsibility for perpetuating his masterful blend of science and literacy. From the earliest days in the planning of this revision, Al and I recognized the profound changes taking place both in the knowledge of viral infections and in the way that knowledge was being gathered. With all of biomedical science moving in the rush of revolution, every discipline generating information relevant to this text-from virology, immunology, and pharmacology to epidemiology and neuropsychology-has been swept along in the torrent, propelled principally by two synergizing technologic forces: molecular biology and cybernetics.

from a review of the Third Edition `A valuable source of information....offers an important and unique perspective.' The New England Journal of Medicine

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This latest edition of the classic text includes new and greatly revised chapters on laboratory methods in epidemiology, human herpesvirus types 6 and 7, parvovirus, and retroviruses. The book covers the principles and approaches to the study of viral infections in human populations, major virus classes of medical and public health importance, and neoplastic and other slowly developing diseases due to viral infection.

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Concepts and Methods: Epidemiologic Concepts and Methods (R.A. Kaslow et al.). Laboratory Methods (R.L. Atmar, J.A. Englund). Surveillance and Seroepidemiology (R.A. Kaslow, A.S. Evans). Acute Viral Infections: Adenoviruses (H. Foy). African Hemorrhagic Fever Virus (R.E. Shope). Arboviruses (R.E. Shope). Arenaviruses (P. Jahrling). Viral Infections and Malignant Diseases: EpsteinBarr Virus and Malignant Lymphomas (N. Mueller, A.S. Evans). Epstein-Barr Virus and Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma (G. de Thè). Hepatitis Viruses and Hepatocellular Carcinoma (J.L. Melnick). Human Papilloma Viruses and Cervical Carcinoma (M.H. Schiffman, R.D. Burk). Viral Infections and Other Chronic Diseases: Viruses and Chronic Neurologic Diseases (C.J. Gibbs). 22 additional articles. Index.