Virus as populations : composition, complexity, dynamics, and biological implications /

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Virus as Populations: Composition, Complexity, Dynamics, and Biological Implications explains fundamental concepts that arise from regarding viruses as complex populations when replicating in infected hosts. Fundamental phenomena in virus behavior, such as adaptation to changing environments, capaci...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Domingo, Esteban (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam : Elsevier Ltd., [2016]
Subjects:
Viruses.
Virus diseases.
Virology.
Medical virology.
Virus Physiological Phenomena
Microbiological Phenomena
Phenomena and Processes
Viruses
Virus Diseases
Virology
Virus.
Maladies �a virus.
Virologie.
Virologie m�edicale.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Biology.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Microbiology.
Medical virology
Virus diseases
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to virus origins and their role in biological evolution
  • Molecular basis of genetic variation of viruses : error-prone replication
  • Darwinian principles acting on highly mutable viruses
  • Interaction of virus populations with their hosts
  • Viral fitness as a measure of adaptation
  • Virus population dynamics examined with experimental model systems
  • Long-term virus evolution in nature
  • Quasispecies dynamics in disease prevention and control
  • Trends in antiviral strategies
  • Collective population effects in nonviral systems.

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