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Veterinary virology /
Veterinary Virology deals with basic biomedical virology and the clinical discipline of infectious diseases. The book discusses the principles of virology as effecting future developments in the search for preventive and management of infectious diseases in animals, whether singly or as a whole herd...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Orlando :
Academic Press,
[1987]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover image; Title page; Table of Contents; Copyright; Preface; Peter A. Bachmann; Part I: PRINCIPLES OF ANIMAL VIROLOGY; Chapter 1: Structure and Composition of Viruses; Publisher Summary; MORPHOLOGY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; PRESERVATION OF VIRAL INFECTIVITY; Chapter 2: Classification and Nomenclature of Viruses; Publisher Summary; CLASSIFICATION BASED ON EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CRITERIA; CLASSIFICATION BASED ON PHYSICOCHEMICAL CRITERIA; NOMENCLATURE; THE FAMILIES OF DNA VIRUSES; THE FAMILIES OF RNA VIRUSES; OTHER VIRUSES; PROVING A CAUSAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VIRUS AND DISEASE.
- Chapter 3: Cultivation and Assay of VirusesPublisher Summary; CELL CULTURE; EMBRYONATED EGGS; LABORATORY ANIMALS; ASSAY OF VIRAL INFECTIVITY; ASSAYS BASED ON OTHER PROPERTIES OF VIRIONS; Chapter 4: Viral Replication; Publisher Summary; THE VIRAL REPLICATION CYCLE; ATTACHMENT (ADSORPTION); PENETRATION; UNCOATING; STRATEGIES OF VIRAL REPLICATION; TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSLATION; REPLICATION OF VIRAL NUCLEIC ACID; MATURATION OF THE VIRION; RELEASE; INHIBITION OF VIRAL REPLICATION: ANTIVIRAL CHEMOTHERAPY; Chapter 5: Viral Genetics and Evolution; Publisher Summary; MUTATION.
- ABORTIVE INFECTIONS AND DEFECTIVE VIRUSESGENETIC RECOMBINATION BETWEEN VIRUSES; INTERACTIONS BETWEEN VIRAL GENE-PRODUCTS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; THE GENETIC BASIS OF VIRULENCE; GENETIC VARIATION IN NATURE; Chapter 6: Pathogenesis: Virus-Induced Changes in Cells; Publisher Summary; CYTOPATHIC EFFECTS OF VIRUSES; PERSISTENT INFECTIONS; EFFECTS OF NONCYTOCIDAL VIRUSES ON FUNCTIONS OF SPECIALIZED CELLS; NEW ANTIGENS IN THE PLASMA MEMBRANE OF INFECTED CELLS; CELL TRANSFORMATION; INTERFERENCE AND INTERFERONS; Chapter 7: Pathogenesis: Infection and the Spread of Viruses in the Body; Publisher Summary.
- ROUTES OF ENTRYMECHANISMS OF SPREAD IN THE BODY; VIRUS SHEDDING; Chapter 8: Determinants of Host Resistance; Publisher Summary; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY AND VIRAL VIRULENCE; GENETIC DETERMINANTS; PHYSIOLOGICAL FACTORS; INTERFERONS; Chapter 9: The Immune Response to Viral Infections; Publisher Summary; CELLULAR AND HUMORAL COMPONENTS OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNE RESPONSES TO VIRAL INFECTION; RECOVERY FROM VIRAL INFECTION; PASSIVE IMMUNITY; IMMUNITY TO REINFECTION; Chapter 10: Mechanisms of Disease Production: Acute Infections; Publisher Summary; DIRECT DAMAGE AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL.
- DAMAGE TO THE IMMUNE SYSTEMIMMUNOPATHOLOGICAL EFFECTS AND MECHANISMS; OTHER PHYSIOLOGICAL DISTURBANCES; REPRESENTATIVE DISEASE MODELS; Chapter 11: Mechanisms of Persistent Infections; Publisher Summary; CATEGORIES OF PERSISTENT INFECTIONS; LATENT INFECTIONS; CHRONIC INFECTIONS; SLOW INFECTIONS; PATHOGENESIS OF PERSISTENT INFECTIONS; Chapter 12: Mechanisms of Viral Tumorigenesis; Publisher Summary; TUMOR INDUCTION BY RETROVIRUSES; ONCOGENES; TUMOR INDUCTION BY HERPESVIRUSES; TUMOR INDUCTION BY PAPOVAVIRUSES AND ADENOVIRUSES; TUMOR INDUCTION BY HEPADNAVIRUSES; TUMOR INDUCTION BY POXVIRUSES.