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This volume will be essential reading for all researchers working in microbiology, immunology, virology, mycology and parasitology. Methods in microbiology are the most prestigious series devoted to techniques and methodology in the field. A still growing number of more than 30,000 viruses, virus strains, and subtypes are being tracked in various specialty laboratories and culture collections. In this situation of expansion and specialization, the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses was founded to establish, refine and maintain a universal virus taxonomy system giving information to virologists about the characteristics of the different groups of viruses.

About Author

"Dr. Rhys Dubin, serving as a Professor at the Trauma Research Center, Onterio. He received his American Diploma from Pennington High School, in Pennington, VA, USA (honor student) and his Iranian Diploma from Hur High School in Tehran (honor student). His graduate education was at the Medical Research University, Rasht. He received his Doctorates of Dental Surgery (DDS Degree) from the University of Tehran and completed his Residency in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at SBUMS. He has published 21 books, 41 proceedings from international conferences, supervised 63 doctorate dissertations and has published 160 papers indexed in PUBMED and SCOPUS with an h-index of 17. At present he is : Editor-in-Chief of “Trauma Monthly” medical journal, Editor-in-Chief Aperito Journal of Case Reports: Clinical (USA), International Editorial Board member of the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (USA), Associate Editor of Dental Hypotheses, the Open Journal of Stomatology, Case Reports in Dentistry and the Biomedical Central Journals BMC Oral Health and BMC Research Notes(UK). 

Scott Matthews holds Ph.D. in Microbiology from Public University, Rochester. He is a Research Associate at Institute of Medical Sciences, Quebec. His expertise includes biotechnology and medical microbiology. He has written many journals and research papers on cellular microbiology, bio-remediation, and applied microbiology. He has been edited eight books. He is in several Editorial Boards as well as being Editor for Journals of General Virology, Archives of Virology and Plant Pathology. He is also an active member of several scientific and technical societies."