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Infectious Diseases from Nature: Mechanisms of Viral Emergence and Persistence

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  • © 2005

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Editors:
  1. C. J. Peters

    1. Department of Pathology, WHO Collaborating Center for Tropical Diseases, University of Texas, Galveston, USA

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  2. Charles H. Calisher

    1. Arthropod-borne and Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA

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Significant zoonotic diseases have appeared with increasing frequency in recent years. At a symposium held in Galveston, Texas, in March 2004, many outstanding virologists and others presented papers under the broad theme of "emergence". The intent was to elucidate the diseases themselves, the mechanisms by which they have emerged, the publication perception and response to the diseases, and the possibility of prevention or prediction. The papers in this book summarize the talks of this meeting. Among the many timely papers are those by Nobel Prize winner Peter Doherty, influenza epidemiologists Robert Webster and Jeffery Taubenberger, and important contributions by Neal Nathanson, Esteban Domingo, Barry Beaty, David Walker, James Hughes, and others of world expertise.

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Table of contents (17 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VII
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  2. Comments on the life and contributions of Robert E. Shope

    • R. B. Tesh
    Pages 1-2

  3. Virus perpetuation in populations: biological variables that determine persistence or eradication

    • N. Nathanson
    Pages 3-15

  4. The virus-immunity ecosystem

    • P. C. Doherty, S. J. Turner
    Pages 17-32

  5. Host range, amplification and arboviral disease emergence

    • S. C. Weaver
    Pages 33-44

  6. Regulation of Rodent-Borne viruses in the natural host: implications for human disease

    • J. N. Mills
    Pages 45-57

  7. Population dynamics of RNA viruses: the essential contribution of mutant spectra

    • E. Domingo, C. Gonzalez-Lopez, N. Pariente, A. Airaksinen, C. Escarmís
    Pages 59-71

  8. Control of arbovirus diseases: is the vector the weak link?

    • B. J. Beaty
    Pages 73-88

  9. Pathogenesis of Rift Valley fever virus in mosquitoes — tracheal conduits & the basal lamina as an extra-cellular barrier

    • W. S. Romoser, M. J. Turell, K. Lerdthusnee, M. Neira, D. Dohm, G. Ludwig et al.
    Pages 89-100

  10. The virulence of the 1918 pandemic influenza virus: unraveling the enigma

    • J. K. Taubenberger
    Pages 101-115

  11. The spread of the H5N1 bird flu epidemic in Asia in 2004

    • R. G. Webster, Y. Guan, L. Poon, S. Krauss, R. Webby, E. Govorkova et al.
    Pages 117-129

  12. Transient or occult HIV infections may occur more frequently than progressive infections: changing the paradigm about HIV persistence

    • G. K. Sahu, T. McNearney, A. Evans, A. Turner, S. Weaver, J. C. Huang et al.
    Pages 131-145

  13. Ehrlichia under our noses and no one notices

    • D. H. Walker
    Pages 147-156

  14. The role of reverse genetics systems in determining filovirus pathogenicity

    • S. Theriault, A. Groseth, H. Artsob, H. Feldmann
    Pages 157-177

  15. Structural biology of old world and new world alphaviruses

    • A. Paredes, S. Weaver, S. Watowich, W. Chiu
    Pages 179-185

  16. Species barriers in prion diseases — brief review

    • R. -A. Moore, I. Vorberg, S. -A. Priola1
    Pages 187-202

  17. Academic science and the business of vaccines

    • R. E. Johnston
    Pages 203-206

  18. Emerging infectious diseases: the public’s view of the problem and what should be expected from the public health community

    • J. M. Hughes
    Pages 207-213
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Pathology, WHO Collaborating Center for Tropical Diseases, University of Texas, Galveston, USA

    C. J. Peters

  • Arthropod-borne and Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA

    Charles H. Calisher

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Infectious Diseases from Nature: Mechanisms of Viral Emergence and Persistence

  • Editors: C. J. Peters, Charles H. Calisher

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-211-29981-5

  • Publisher: Springer Vienna

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Vienna 2005

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-211-24334-3Published: 27 September 2005

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-211-29981-4Published: 07 June 2006

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 216

  • Number of Illustrations: 41 illustrations in colour

  • Additional Information: Special edition of Archives of Virology, Suppl. 19

  • Topics: Virology, Tropical Medicine

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