Clinical Virology

Douglas D Richman, Richard J Whitley, Frederick G Hayden (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

1416 Seiten

2009 | 3rd New edition
American Society for Microbiology (Verlag)
978-1-55581-425-0 (ISBN)

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The new third edition of this essential reference has been extensively revised and updated to incorporate the latest developments and relevant research.

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Informs scientists and health care professionals about all the medically relevant aspects of this rapidly evolving field.




Covers novel viruses, pathogenesis, epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
Addresses infections and syndromes related to particular organ systems, as well as the fundamentals of modern medical virology.
Includes crucial information on immune responses and vaccinology, diagnostics, antivirals, and the nascent field of gene therapy.
Provides agent-specific chapters that detail the virology, epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, and prevention and treatment of important viral pathogens.








This title is published by the American Society of Microbiology Press and distributed by Taylor and Francis in rest of world territories.

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Table of Contents


Contents



1. Introduction

Douglas D. Richman, Richard J. Whitley, and Frederick G. Hayden



Section I. Viral Syndromes and General Principles



2. Respiratory Infections

John J. Treanor

3. Viral Central Nervous System Infections

Kevin A. Cassady and Richard J. Whitley

4. Gastrointestinal Syndromes

Manish Patel and Roger I. Glass

5. Viral Hepatitis

Andrew W. Tai and Jules L. Dienstag

6. Infections in Organ Transplant Recipients

John A. Zaia

7. Viral Myocarditis

Jeffrey A. Towbin

8. Viral Infections of the Skin

Brenda L. Bartlett and Stephen K. Tyring

9. Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers: a Comparative Appraisal

Mike Bray and Karl M. Johnson

10. Viral Disease of the Eye

Garry Shuttleworth and David Easty

11. Antiretroviral Agents

Magdalena E. Sobieszczyk, Barbara S. Taylor, and Scott M. Hammer

12. Antiherpesvirus, Anti-Hepatitis Virus, and Anti-Respiratory Virus Agents

Michael T. Yin, James C. M. Brust, Hong Van Tieu, and Scott M. Hammer

13. Diagnosis of Viral Infections

Guy Boivin, Tony Mazzulli, Martin Petric, and Michel Couillard

14. Immune Responses to Viruses

Jonathan W. Yewdell, Theodore C. Pierson, and Jack R. Bennink

15. Immunization against Viral Diseases

Julie E. Martin and Barney S. Graham

16. Gene Therapy and Viruses

Donald B. Kohn, Barrie J. Carter, Paolo Grandi, and Joseph C. Glorioso

17. Chronic Fatigue and Postinfective Fatigue Syndromes

Andrew R. Lloyd, Ian Hickie, and Denis Wakefield



Section II. The Agents



Part A: DNA Viruses



18. Poxviruses

R. Mark Buller and Frank Fenner

19. Herpes Simplex Viruses

Richard J. Whitley and Bernard Roizman

20. Cercopithecine Herpesvirus 1 (B Virus)

Richard J. Whitley

21. Varicella-Zoster Virus

Anne A. Gershon and Saul J. Silverstein

22. Cytomegalovirus

Paul David Griffiths, Vincent Clive Emery, and Richard Milne

23. Human Herpesvirus 6 and Human Herpesvirus 7

Koichi Yamanishi and Yasuko Mori

24. Epstein-Barr Virus

Katherine Luzuriaga and John L. Sullivan

25. Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus

Patrick S. Moore and Yuan Chang

26. Adenoviruses

Olli Ruuskanen, Jordan P. Metcalf, Olli Meurman, and Goeran Akusjarvi

27. Polyomaviruses

John E. Greenlee and Frank J. O'Neill

28. Papillomavirus

William Bonnez

29. Human Parvoviruses

Larry J. Anderson and Dean D. Erdman

30. TT Virus

Peter Simmonds

31. Hepatitis B Virus

Alexander J. V. Thompson, Sally J. Bell, and Stephen A. Locarnini



Part B: RNA Viruses



32. Human Lymphotropic Viruses: HTLV-1 and HTLV-2

William A. Blattner and Manhattan E. Charurat

33. Human Immunodeficiency Virus

John C. Guatelli, Robert F. Siliciano, Daniel R. Kuritzkes, and Douglas D. Richman

34. Colorado Tick Fever Virus and Other Arthropod-Borne Reoviridae

Steven Yukl and Joseph K. Wong

35. Rotaviruses

Manuel A. Franco and Harry B. Greenberg

36. Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Human Metapneumovirus, and Parainfluenza Viruses

John V. Williams, Pedro A. Piedra, and Janet A. Englund

37. Measles Virus

William J. Moss and Diane E. Griffin

38. Mumps Virus

John W. Gnann, Jr.

39. Zoonotic Paramyxoviruses

Paul A. Rota, Thomas G. Ksiazek, and William J. Bellini

40. Rhabdoviruses

Thomas P. Bleck and Charles E. Rupprecht

41. Filoviruses

Mike Bray

42. Influenza Virus

Frederick G. Hayden and Peter Palese

43. Bunyaviridae: Bunyaviruses, Phleboviruses, Nairoviruses, and Hantaviruses

Gregory J. Mertz

44. Arenaviruses

C. J. Peters

45. Enteroviruses

Jose R. Romero

46. Rhinovirus

Ronald B. Turner and Wai-Ming Lee

47. Hepatitis A Virus

Philip R. Spradling, Annette Martin, and Stephen M. Feinstone

48. Human Caliciviruses

Robert L. Atmar and Mary K. Estes

49. Hepatitis E Virus

David A. Anderson and Iswar L. Shrestha

50. Astrovirus

Ernesto Mendez and Carlos F. Arias

51. Coronaviruses

Kenneth McIntosh and J. S. M. Pieris

52. Arthropod-Borne Flaviviruses

Lyle R. Peterson and Alan D. T. Barrett

53. Hepatitis C Virus

Yaron Rotman and T. Jake Liang

54. Alphaviruses

David W. Smith, John S. Mackenzie, and Scott C. Weaver

55. Rubella Virus

David W. Kimberlin



Part C: Subviral Agents



56. Hepatitis D Virus

Antonina Smedile, Alessia Ciancio, and Mario Rizzetto

57. Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies

Adriano Aguzzi



Index

Produkt-Details

• Verlagsort: Washington DC
• Sprache: englisch
• Einbandart: gebunden
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Mikrobiologie / Infektologie / Reisemedizin
• Themenwelt: Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Infektiologie / Immunologie
• Schlagworte: Virologie
• ISBN-10: 1-55581-425-5 / 1555814255
• ISBN-13: 978-1-55581-425-0 / 9781555814250
• Zustand: Neuware