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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)
Subject(s): NLM classification:
  • WC 500 E53 1993
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Contents:
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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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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