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New Challenges to Health: The Threat of Virus Infection
G. L. Smith (Ed.)
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Description for New Challenges to Health: The Threat of Virus Infection
hardcover. Presents the latest discussions of the ecology of viruses and reviews the underlying mechanisms by which viruses cause disease. Editor(s): Smith, G. L.; Irving, W. L.; McCauley, J. W.; Rowlands, D. J. Series: Society for General Microbiology Symposia. Num Pages: 360 pages, 53 b/w illus. 8 colour illus. 23 tables. BIC Classification: MBN; MMFM; PSGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 780.
Viruses continually evolve and adapt, posing new threats to health. This book discusses the ecology of viruses with particular emphasis on the emergence of devastating haemorrhagic disease, and reviews the molecular and cell biological basis of the pathogenesis of several virus diseases. An introduction is given to the mathematical analysis of recurrent epidemic virus disease, such as measles. Neurological and psychological disease is discussed in relation to the pathological mechanisms that may underlie prion disease (such as new variant CJD) and to the possible virus involvement in human psychiatric illness. Virus infections that have come to prominence recently (HIV, bunyaviruses, ... Read more
Viruses continually evolve and adapt, posing new threats to health. This book discusses the ecology of viruses with particular emphasis on the emergence of devastating haemorrhagic disease, and reviews the molecular and cell biological basis of the pathogenesis of several virus diseases. An introduction is given to the mathematical analysis of recurrent epidemic virus disease, such as measles. Neurological and psychological disease is discussed in relation to the pathological mechanisms that may underlie prion disease (such as new variant CJD) and to the possible virus involvement in human psychiatric illness. Virus infections that have come to prominence recently (HIV, bunyaviruses, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Series
Society for General Microbiology Symposia
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521806145
SKU
V9780521806145
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About G. L. Smith (Ed.)
Geoffrey Smith is a Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow at the Wright-Fleming Institute, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, UK. Will Irving is a Reader in Virology in the Department of Microbiology at the University of Nottingham, UK. John McCauley is a researcher in the Division of Molecular Biology at the Institute of Animal Health, Compton. UK. Dave Rowlands ... Read more
Reviews for New Challenges to Health: The Threat of Virus Infection
'… an excellent reference for students and researchers alike and scores well on topicality, authoritativeness and accuracy …' P. Roy, Journal of Epidemiology