1. Verification and validation of virological laboratory tests in the routine diagnostic laboratory / Holger F. Rabenau, Harald H. Kessler, Reinhard B. Raggam, and Annemarie Berger -- 2. Statistical evaluation of diagnostic tests / Holly Janes and Amalia Magaret -- 3. Molecular amplification methods in diagnostic virology / David M. Whiley and Theo P. Sloots -- 4. Viral genotyping and the sequencing revolution / P.A. Revill, D.S. Bowden, and P.A. White -- 5. Design of molecular virologic tests / Noah Hoffman and Misha Roshal -- 6. Microarray detection of viruses / Julie Fox -- 7. Virus isolation / Diane Leland and Marie Louise Landry -- 8. Diagnosis by viral antigen detection / Bagher Forghani -- 9. Serologic tests in clinical virology / Richard L. Hodinka -- 10. Surgical pathology and diagnostic cytology of viral infections / James L. Caruso, John M. Childs, and David N. Howell -- 11. Electron microscopy of viral infections / Sara E. Miller -- 12. Laboratory diagnosis of viruses in resource-limited settings / Rosemary C. She, Jeffrey M. Bender, and Cathy A. Petti -- 13. Antiviral therapy / Brian Rha, David Kimberlin, and Richard Whitley -- 14. Common viral infections of childhood / Danielle M. Zerr --

15. Respiratory virus infections / Robert L. Atmar and Stephen B. Greenberg -- 16. Gastrointestinal tract infections / Robert L. Atmar and Mary K. Estes -- 17. Infections of the skin and mucosa / Parisa Ravanfar, Natalia Mendoza, Anita Satyaprakash, Rosella Creed, and Stephen Tyring -- 18. Cardiovascular viral infections / Heinz-Peter Schultheiss and Uwe Kuhl -- 19. Viral hepatitis / John Scott, Atif Zaman, and Michael Chang -- 20. Viral hemorrhagic fevers / Jens H. Kuhn, Peter B. Jahrling, and Sheli R. Radoshitzky -- 21. Infections of the central nervous system / Julie E. Reznicek, Karen C. Bloch, and Yi-Wei Tang -- 22. Sexually transmitted infections / Anna Wald, Patti E. Gravitt, and Rhoda A. Morrow -- 23. Human immunodeficiency viruses : HIV-1 and HIV-2 / Robert W. Coombs -- 24. Diagnosis of polyomavirus infection, replication, and disease / Paola Cinque, Alexis Dumoulin, and Hans H. Hirsch -- 25. Ocular viral infections / Thomas J. Liesegang -- 26. Arthropod-borne viruses / Matthias Niedrig, Andreas Nitsche, and Oliver Donoso-Mantke -- 27. Viral infections of the immunocompromised host / Steven A. Pergam and Keith R. Jerome.