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Hantaviruses, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001
Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology Series, Vol. 256
Coordinators: Schmaljohn C., Nichol S.T.
Language: EnglishSubject for Hantaviruses:
Hantaviruses
Publication date: 11-2012
198 p. · 15.5x23.5 cm · Paperback
Publication date: 11-2012
198 p. · 15.5x23.5 cm · Paperback
Hantaviruses (current topics in microbiology and immunology vol 256)
Publication date: 12-2000
198 p. · 15.5x23.5 cm · Hardback
Publication date: 12-2000
198 p. · 15.5x23.5 cm · Hardback
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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.
Hantviruses: history and overview.-Replication of hantaviruses.-Hantavirus maturation.-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 infection on the Eurasian continent.-Host genetics, human immune response and severity of disease.-Vaccines.-Subject index
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