Connie Schmaljohn / Stuart T. Nichol (eds.)

Hantaviruses

Herausgegeben:Schmaljohn, C.; Nichol, S. T.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Hantaviruses are found world-wide and are associated with two severe disease syndromes, hemorrhagic fever and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. The recent studies in this volume provide a basis for understanding the high human pathogenicity of theses viruses and their continued maintenance and transmission within rodent populations.

Produktdetails

• Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology 256
• Verlag: Springer / Springer Berlin Heidelberg / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-540-41045-4
• 2001
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 160mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 485g
• ISBN-13: 9783540410454
• ISBN-10: 3540410457
• Artikelnr.: 24504341

Autorenporträt

The recent studies reviewed in this volume impart considerable insight into hantavirus replication, pathogenesis and evolution, and provide a basis for understanding the high human pathogenicity of these viruses and their continued maintenance and transmission within rodent populations. c

Inhaltsangabe

List of Contents.- Hantaviruses: History and Overview.- Replication of Hantaviruses.- Hantavirus Maturation.- Virus Evolution and Genetic Diversity of Hantaviruses and Their Rodent Hosts.- Modeling Hantavirus Maintenance and Transmission in Rodent Communities.- Cellular Receptors and Hantavirus Pathogenesis.- Clinical Manifestations of New World Hantaviruses.- Clinical Characteristics of Hantavirus Infections on the Eurasian Continent.- Human Immune Response, Host Genetics, and Severity of Disease.- Vaccines Against Hantaviruses.