Rinderpest and peste des petits ruminants : virus plagues of large and small ruminants /

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Rinderpest and Peste des Petits Ruminants tells the story of how, by the year 2010, scientists are set to globally eradicate one of the great historic plagues that has ravaged human livestock for centuries. Descriptions of the disease in Europe date back to the 4th century and it was regularly re-in...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Barrett, Thomas, Pastoret, Paul-Pierre, Taylor, William P., Scott, Gordon, 1923-2004, Provost, A. (Alain)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; Burlington, MA : Academic, �2006.
Series:Biology of animal infections.
Subjects:
Ruminants > Virus diseases.
Rinderpest.
Rinderpest
Ruminants > abnormalities
Virus Diseases > veterinary
Ruminants > Maladies �a virus.
Peste bovine.
MEDICAL > Veterinary Medicine > Food Animal.
Ruminants > Virus diseases
History
Festschriften.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • General Introduction
  • Rinderpest, An Old Worldwide Story
  • Rinderpest in Africa
  • The Morbilliviruses
  • Rinderpest and Peste des Petits Ruminants Viruses
  • The Disease
  • Epidemiology and Transmission of Rinderpest
  • Rinderpest and Wildlife, A Controversy
  • Immunology of Rinderpest: An Immunosuppression but a Lifelong Protection
  • Old Prophylactic Methods
  • History of Vaccines and Vaccination
  • New Generation Vaccines Against Rinderpest and Peste des Petits Ruminants
  • Towards Eradication of Rinderpest
  • Conclusions
  • Glossary
  • Index
  • Index of the Key Players in the History of Rinderpest Research
  • Key References List.

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