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Preston, Richard.The Hot Zone. Random House, Reprint, Doubleday, 1994. 1995. A non-fiction thriller about a terrifying virus.
Strauss, James H., and Ellen G. Strauss.Viruses and Human Disease. Academic Press, 2001. An accessible textbook introduction to viruses as agents of disease.
Voyles, Bruce A.The Biology of Viruses. McGraw-Hill, 2001. Textbook coverage of the life cycle of viruses.