Medical Virology 8

Luis M. de la Maza, Ellena M. Peterson (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

332 Seiten

2013 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1989
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4899-0893-3 (ISBN)

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No other area of biology has grown as fast and become as relevant over the last decade as virology. It is with no little amount of amaze ment, that the more we learn about fundamental biological questions and mechanisms of diseases, the more obvious it becomes that viruses perme ate all facets of our lives. While on one hand viruses are known to cause acute and chronic, mild and fatal, focal and generalized diseases, on the other hand, they are used as tools for gaining an understanding of the structure and function of higher organisms, and as vehicles for carrying protective or curative therapies. The wide scope of approaches to different biological and medical virological questions was well rep resented by the speakers that participated in this year's Symposium. While the epidemic by the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 continues to spread without hope for much relief in sight, intriguing questions and answers in the area of diagnostics, clinical manifestations and therapeutical approaches to viral infections are unveiled daily. Let us hope, that with the increasing awareness by our society of the role played by viruses, not only as causative agents of diseases, but also as models for better understanding basic biological principles, more efforts and resources are placed into their study. Luis M. de la Maza Irvine, California Ellena M.

Zusatzinfo	X, 332 p.
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Software Entwicklung
	Informatik ► Weitere Themen ► Hardware
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Mikrobiologie / Infektologie / Reisemedizin
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Mikrobiologie / Immunologie
ISBN-10	1-4899-0893-5 / 1489908935
ISBN-13	978-1-4899-0893-3 / 9781489908933
Zustand	Neuware