Includes bibliographical references and index

Genome organization and encoded proteins / Ann Palmenberg, David Neubauer, and Tim Skern -- Overview of taxonomy / Nick J. Knowles ... [et al.] -- The making of a picornavirus genome / Eckard Wimmer and Aniko V. Paul -- Virion structure / Elizabeth E. Fry and David I. Stuart -- Receptors / Jeffrey M. Bergelson -- Cell entry: a biochemical and structural perspective / Hazel Levy ... [et al.] -- Genome replication I: the players / Janet M. Rozovics and Bert L. Semler -- Genome replication II: the process / Karla Kirkegaard and Bert L. Semler -- Translation and protein processing / Encarna Mart©Ưnez-Salas and Martin D. Ryan -- Interference with cellular gene expression / Jonathan D. Dougherty ... [et al.] -- Remodeling cellular membranes / Frank van Kuppeveld, George Belov, and Ellie Ehrenfeld -- Mutation, quasispecies, and lethal mutagenesis / Esteban Domingo ... [et al.] -- Biological implications of picornavirus fidelity mutants / Marco Vignuzzi and Raul Andino -- Recombination in the evolution of picornaviruses / Peter Simmonds -- Picornaviruses as a model for studying the nature of RNA recombination / Vadim I. Agol -- Origin and evolution of the picornaviridae proteome / Alexander E. Gorbalenya and Chris Lauber -- Codon biases and viral fitness / Albert Bosch, Steffen Mueller, and Rosa M. Pint©đ -- Innate immune responses / Vincent R. Racaniello -- Adaptive immune responses / Christopher C. Kemball, Robert S. Fujinami, and J. Lindsay Whitton -- Persistent infections / Florence Colb©·re-Garapin and Howard L. Lipton -- Poliomyelitis / Satoshi Koike and Akio Nomoto -- Group B coxsackievirus diseases / Steven Tracy and Nora M. Chapman -- Rhinovirus and respiratory disease / Marc Hershenson -- Hepatitis A virus / Zongdi Feng and Stanley M. Lemon -- Foot-and-mouth disease / Marvin J. Grubman, Luis L. Rodriguez, and Teresa de los Santos -- Theiler's virus central nervous system infection / Thomas Michiels and Raymond P. Roos -- Vaccine strategies / David J. Rowlands and Philip D. Minor -- The poliovirus eradication initiative / Konstantin Chumakov and Olen Kew -- Antiviral drugs / Armando M. De Palma and Johan Neyts