One: Introduction to Molecular Epidemiology.- 1. The Use of Molecular Epidemiology.- 2. DNA Technology for Molecular Analysis of Viruses.- 3. Phylogenetic Approaches to Molecular Epidemiology.- 4. The HIV Databases: History, Design and Function.- Two: Application of Genetic Methods to Investigate Virus Spread.- 5. The Evolution of Primate Lentiviruses and the Origins of AIDS.- 6. Recombination and Molecular Epidemiology of HIV-1 and Enteroviruses.- 7. Molecular Epidemiology of Human T Cell Leukemia/Lymphoma Viruses Type 1 and Type 2 (HTLV-1/2) and Related Simian Retroviruses (STLV-1, STLV-2 and STLV-L/3).- 8. Molecular Epidemiology, Evolution and Dispersal of the Genus Flavivirus.- 9. Molecular Epidemiology of Hepatitis C Virus.- 10. Seeking a Pale Horse: The 1918 Pandemic Influenza Virus.- 11. Molecular Epidemiology in Measles Control.- 12. Public Health Surveillance and the Molecular Epidemiology of Rabies.- 13. Molecular Epidemiology of Rotavirus.- 14. Respiratory Syncytial Virus.- 15. Molecular Epidemiology of Hantavirus Infections.- 16. Molecular Epidemiology of Arenaviruses.- 17. Molecular Epidemiology of Hepatitis B Virus.- 18. Genomic Diversity of Human Papillomaviruses and its Impact on Molecular Epidemiological Research.