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Emerging Viruses.
New epidemics such as AIDS and mad cow disease have dramatized the need to explore the factors underlying rapid viral evolution and emerging viruses. Now available in paperback, this text explores the multifaceted field of virological research.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
1996.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- FOREWORD
- CONTRIBUTORS
- 1. Viruses and Humankind: Intracellular Symbiosis and Evolutionary Competition
- 2. Examining the Origins of Emerging Viruses
- VIRAL EMERGENCE IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT
- 3. Patterns of Disease Emergence in History
- 4. Influenza
- 5. Emerging Viruses in Context: An Overview of Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers
- VIRUSES AND THE HOST
- 6. Ecology and Evolution of Host-Virus Associations
- 7. Pathogenesis of Viral Infections
- 8. Virus and Cell: Determinants of Tissue Tropism
- SEEING THE UNSEEN: METHODS FOR DETECTING VIRUSES
- 9. Virus Detection Systems.
- 10. New Technologies for Virus Detection
- TRACKING EMERGING VIRUSES
- 11. Assessing Geographic and Transport Factors, and Recognition of New Viruses
- 12. Phylogenetic Moments in the AIDS Epidemic
- ECOLOGICAL SOURCES OF EMERGING VIRUSES
- 13. Arthropod-Borne Viruses
- 14. Hantaan (Korean Hemorrhagic Fever) and Related Rodent Zoonoses
- 15. Filoviruses
- INTERSPECIES TRANSFER: CASE STUDIES OF ANIMAL VIRUSES THAT RECENTLY CROSSED SPECIES
- 16. Human Monkeypox, A Newly Discovered Human Virus Disease
- 17. Seal Plague Virus.
- 18. Canine Parvovirus 2: A Probable Example of Interspecies Transfer
- HOW VIRUSES EVOLVE: VARIATION AND EVOLUTION OF RNA VIRUSES
- 19. Replication Error, Quasispecies Populations, and Extreme Evolution Rates of RNA Viruses
- 20. The High Rate of Retrovirus Variation Results in Rapid Evolution
- 21. Evolution of Influenza and RNA Viruses
- 22. Factors Restraining Emergence of New Influenza Viruses
- 23. Recombination in the Evolution of RNA Viruses
- 24. Evolutionary Relationships of Vectors and Viruses
- PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE
- 25. Global Change and Epidemiology: Nasty Synergies.
- 26. Are We Prepared for a Viral Epidemic Emergency?
- 27. Surveillance Systems and Intergovernmental Cooperation
- 28. Afterword: A Personal Summary Presented as a Guide for Discussion
- INDEX
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- X
- Y
- Z.