Hantaviruses

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.

List of contents

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.

Summary

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

Product details

• Assisted by: S. T. Nichol (Editor), S.T. Nichol (Editor), C. Schmaljohn (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.12.2012
• EAN: 9783540410454
• ISBN: 978-3-540-41045-4
• No. of pages: 198
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 240 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 485 g
• Illustrations: XI, 198 p.
• Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology; Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Microbiology; B, Virus, Microbiology (non-medical), microbiology, infections, pathogenesis, Vaccine, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Virology, rodent hosts