Emerging viruses in human populations:
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam Elsevier 2007
Ausgabe:1st ed
Schriftenreihe:Perspectives in medical virology v. 16
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Cover; Emerging Viruses in Human Populations; Copyright page; Contents; Chapter 1. Introduction: The Emergence of Pathogenic Viruses; Chapter 2. History of Emerging Viruses in the Late 20th Century and the Paradigm Observed in an Emerging Prion Disease; Chapter 3. Zoonoses in the Emergence of Human Viral Diseases; Chapter 4. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (SARS-CoV); Chapter 5. The Pandemic Threat of Avian Influenza Viruses; Chapter 6. The Emerging West Nile Virus: From the Old World to the New; Chapter 7. Monkeypox Virus Infections
Infectious diseases are an ever present threat to humans. In recent years, the threat of these emerging viruses has been greater than ever before in human history, due in large part to global travel by larger numbers of people, and to a lesser extent to disruptions in the interface between developed and undeveloped areas. The emergence of new deadly viruses in human populations during recent decades has confirmed this risk. They remain the third leading cause of deaths in the US and the second world-wide. Emerging Viruses in Human Populations provides a comprehensive review of viruses that are
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ISBN:0080467903
0444520740
9780080467900
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