This comprehensive reference work brings together for the first time information
on every aspect of the parvoviruses in a single volume. It presents the new
system of parvovirus classification, as agreed by the International Committee
for the Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV), and includes cutting edge information on the
virology, molecular and cellular biology, immunology and clinical manifestations
of infection with each known and proposed member of the family Parvoviridae. The
book also describes the rapidly expanding basic and clinical science which
underpins gene therapy applications using helper-dependent and
helper-independent parvoviruses.The respected editorial group has drawn together
renowned contributors from around the world to produce what will undoubtedly
become the