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Contents \ °^» 



Contributors to Volume 3 \ . . . r^rrr. . >yr v 



Contents of Volume 1 ."^ . . . -r^T. xiii 



Contents of Volume 2 xiv 



Preface xv 



I. Animal Viruses : A Comparative Survey by F. M. Burnet 1 



I. Definition of Animal Viruses 1 



II. A Basis for the Classification of Animal Viruses 3 



A. Psittacosis Group 3 



B. Poxvirus 4 



C. Herpesvirus 5 



D. Myxovirus 5 



E. Adenoviruses 5 



F. Arborviruses 6 



G. Enteroviruses 6 



H. Other Groups 7 



III. The Comparative Picture 7 



IV. Evolution of the Animal Viruses 10 



V. Is There Any Functional Unity among the Animal Viruses? 11 



References 14 



II. The Initiation of Infection by Animal Viruses by F. M. Burnet . 15 



References 19 



III. Hemagglutination by Animal Viruses by S. G. Anderson 21 



I. The Myxovirus Group 22 



A. Historical 22 



B. Hemagglutination 22 



C. Elution 28 



D. Enzymes with Receptor-Destroying Properties 32 



E. Indicator Virus 33 



F. Inhibitors of Hemagglutination 34 



G. Mechanism of Hemagglutination 37 



II. Particulate Hemagglutinin with No Eluting Enzyme 40 



A. Arthropod-borne Encephalitides 40 



B. Enteroviruses 42 



C. Pneumonia Virus of Mice (PVM) 43 



III. Hemagglutinin Separate from the Virus Particle 44 



A. Psittacosis Group 44 



B. Poxviruses 44 



References 45 



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