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Emerging Viruses.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1996Copyright date: ©1996Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (342 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780195355741
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Emerging VirusesDDC classification:
  • 616.0194
LOC classification:
  • RA644.V55.E447 1993
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- CONTENTS -- 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.
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Intro -- CONTENTS -- 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.

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