ISBN-13: 9781975112578. Fields Virology: DNA Viruses. Title: Fields Virology: DNA Viruses. by Peter M. Howley. Author: Peter M. Howley. Discusses virus structure, virus entry, replication, and assembly, virus-host cell interactions, host immune responses and vaccines, antiviral therapeutics, viral persistence and latency and viruses as tools for gene therapy and vectors for vaccination.