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Clinical virology has become bedside medicine. The Definitive Reference to Clinical Virology and Emerging Infections is a comprehensive clinician-facing guide for practitioners who need to understand, diagnose, and manage viral disease with precision. Written for infectious disease physicians, hospitalists, emergency physicians, clinical laboratorians, public health practitioners, and trainees, this reference connects viral mechanisms to real clinical decisions: which test to order, how to interpret the result, which antiviral to use, when resistance matters, and when infection control must escalate. Inside, readers will find practical coverage of: Viral taxonomy, tropism, pathogenesis, immune evasion, latency, and viral evolution PCR, quantitative viral load, serology, multiplex panels, point-of-care testing, and metagenomic sequencing Antiviral pharmacology, renal adjustment, drug interactions, resistance testing, and therapy in special populations Influenza, SARS-CoV-2, RSV, hepatitis viruses, HIV, herpesviruses, arboviruses, filoviruses, mpox, and other emerging threats Long COVID, post-acute viral syndromes, genomic surveillance, broad-spectrum antivirals, and institutional readiness Built for clinical reasoning, not passive reading. Each chapter is structured around how clinicians actually work: scenario walkthroughs, decision logic blocks, warning blocks, clinical pearls, filled templates, and quick-reference summaries. The result is a single-source virology handbook that helps readers move from mechanism to management without losing the operational details that matter at the point of care. For the clinician who needs more than a test result. Modern virology demands more than knowing whether a PCR is positive. It requires understanding specimen timing, false negatives, viral load kinetics, antiviral interactions, transplant risk, outbreak response, and the fast-changing landscape of emerging pathogens. This book gives clinicians the framework to interpret the data, adapt when presentations are atypical, and verify time-sensitive values against current guidance before applying them to patient care. If your work touches viral diagnosis, antiviral prescribing, infection control, transplant medicine, HIV care, emerging pathogens, or post-pandemic preparedness, this reference is designed to become the virology book you reach for first.

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