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- Includes extensive figures, including 52 half-tones, clearly illustrating - among other information - the effects of each virus
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Orthopoxviruses Pathogenic for Humans covers those viruses capable of causing disease in man, including monkeypox, smallpox, cowpox, and vaccinia. The coverage of each virus is comprehensive, covering the biology, molecular biology, and ecology of the virus as well as the clinical and epidemiological aspects of these viruses in humans and animals. In addition, this volume highlights developments in genetic engineering that are paving the way for potential therapeutic treatments of these viruses.
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Orthopoxviruses Pathogenic for Humans
Authors: S. N. Shchelkunov, S. S. Marennikova, R. W. Moyer
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b107126
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 2005
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-25300-8Published: 06 July 2005
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-3783-4Published: 22 December 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-25306-0Published: 09 June 2006
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 425
Number of Illustrations: 112 b/w illustrations
Topics: Virology, Immunology, Microbiology, Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Epidemiology