Emerging viruses / edited by Stephen S. Morse.
Publication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.Description: xxiii, 317 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:- 0195074440 (alk. paper)
- WC 500 E53 1993
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Viruses and Humankind: Intracellular Symbiosis and Evolutionary Competition
2. Examining the Origins of Emerging Viruses
PART I: Emergence in Historical Context
3. Patterns of Disease Emergence in History
4. Influenza
5. Emerging Viruses in Context: An Overview of Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers
PART II: Viruses and the Host
6. Ecology and Evolution of Host-Virus Association
7. Pathogenesis of Viral Infections
8. Virus and Cell: Determinants of Tissue Tropism
PART III: Seeing the Unseen: Methods for Detecting Viruses
9. Virus Detection Systems
10. New Technologies for Virus Detection
PART IV: Tracking Emerging Viruses
11. Assessing Geographic and Transport Factors, and Recognition of New Viruses
12. Phylogenetic Moments in the AIDS Epidemic
PART V: Ecological Sources of Emerging Viruses
13. Arthropod-Borne Viruses
14. Hantaan (Korean Hemorrhagic Fever) and Related Rodent
15. Filoviruses
PART VI: Interspecies Transfer: Case Studies of Animal Viruses tht Recently Crossed Species
16. Human Monkeypox, A Newly Discovered Human Virus Disease
17. Seal Plague Virus
18. Canine Parvovirus
PART VII: 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
PART VIII: 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
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