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Viruses and Man: A History of Interactions - Milton W. Taylor

Viruses and Man: A History of Interactions

Buch | Hardcover
XIX, 430 Seiten
2014 | 2014
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-07757-4 (ISBN)
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Milton Taylor, Indiana University, offers an easy-to-read and fascinating text describing the impact of viruses on human society. The book starts with an analysis of the profound effect that viral epidemics had on world history resulting in demographic upheavals by destroying total populations. It also provides a brief history of virology and immunology. Furthermore, the use of viruses for the treatment of cancer (viral oncolysis or virotherapy) and bacterial diseases (phage therapy) and as vectors in gene therapy is discussed in detail. Several chapters focus on viral diseases such as smallpox, influenza, polio, hepatitis and their control, as well as on HIV and AIDS and on some emerging viruses with an interesting story attached to their discovery or vaccine development. The book closes with a chapter on biological weapons. It will serve as an invaluable source of information for beginners in the field of virology as well as for experienced virologists, other academics, students, and readers without prior knowledge of virology or molecular biology.

A Short History of Virology.- What is a Virus?- A History of Cell Culture.- Discovery of Bacteriophage.- Beginnings of Molecular Biology.- History of Immunology.- Interferons.- Cancer and Viruses.- Smallpox.- Yellow Fever.- Influenza.- Poliovirus and Other Picornaviruses.- Hepatitis.- Herpes Viruses.- HIV and AIDS.- Phage Therapy and the Future.- Viral Oncolysis or Virotherapy.- Gene Therapy and Viral Vectors.- Vaccine Against Virus Infections.- Emerging Viruses.- Manufacturing Viruses.- Viruses as Biological Weapons.

"Viruses and Man: A History of Interactions offers an extensive broad survey of selected topics on viruses, including the development of virology and its applications in molecular biology and biotechnology. ... This book is accessible to nonexpert audiences. For experts, it can provide a deeper appreciation of the history of virology and virus-associated biotechnology and provide historical insight to modern-day challenges." (Atis Muehlenbachs, Clinical Infectious Diseases CID, Vol. 60, June, 2015)

Erscheint lt. Verlag 4.8.2014
Zusatzinfo XIX, 430 p. 175 illus., 144 illus. in color.
Verlagsort Cham
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Gewicht 813 g
Themenwelt Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Mikrobiologie / Infektologie / Reisemedizin
Studium Querschnittsbereiche Infektiologie / Immunologie
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Mikrobiologie / Immunologie
Schlagworte Bacteriophage therapy • emerging viruses • HIV/Aids • Infectious Diseases • Social consequences of disease • Vaccines and antiviral agents
ISBN-10 3-319-07757-0 / 3319077570
ISBN-13 978-3-319-07757-4 / 9783319077574
Zustand Neuware
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