title: Pathogenesis of viral infections.
abstract: The article considers factors that influence pathogenesis, initiation of infection, dissemination of virus within a host, lytic viral infections, viral immunosuppression, viral immunopathology, and viral oncogenesis.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000662:veterinary; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; D002472:Cell Transformation, Viral; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic; D007105:Immune Complex Diseases / Q000662:veterinary; D007108:Immune Tolerance; D009857:Oncogenes; D009858:Oncogenic Viruses / Q000502:physiology; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000662:veterinary*