1. History and distribution of myxomatosis
2. The Leporidae
3. The rabbit in Australia
4. Rabbit biology and behaviour
5. Myxoma virus: its classification, structure and properties
6. Interactions between myxoma virus and the host cell
7. the host range of myxoma and fibroma viruses
8. Myxomatosis in Oryctolagus cuniculus: pathogenesis and histopathology
9. Myxomatosis in Oryctolagus cuniculus: the immunological response
10. Myxomatosis in Oryctolagus cuniculus: environmental effects
11. Mechanisms of transmission of myxomatosis
12. Transmission in the field: Australian observations
13. Changes in the virulence of myxoma virus for Oryctolagus cuniculus
14. Changes in the genetic resistance of Oryctolagus cuniculus to myxomatosis
15. Myxomatosis in the Americas
16. Myxomatosis in Australia, 1950-63
17. Myxomatosis in Europe, 1936-63
18. The continuing evolution of myxomatosis
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