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Infectious Disease in Aquaculture
Prevention and Control
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2012
With an ever increasing demand for seafood that cannot be met by capture fisheries alone, growing pressure is being placed on aquaculture production. However, infectious diseases are a major constraint. Infectious disease in aquaculture: prevention and control brings together a wealth of recent research...
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The Fenoterol Story
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Recounting the fenoterol epidemic—a major medical controversy that took place more than 15 years ago—this narrative explores the involvement of the asthma drug that caused numerous asthma deaths. Although the epidemic occurred in New Zealand, its shocking discoveries and subsequent consequences...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2012
During the recent transition between acute diseases caused by swarms of single planktonic bacteria, and chronic infections caused by bacteria growing in slime-enclosed biofilms, a general clinical consensus has emerged that pathologies with bacterial etiologies are frequently culture negative. Because...
100 Years of Virology
The Birth and Growth of a Discipline
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
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Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2014
One of the most promising new approaches for the prevention of HIV transmission, particularly for developing countries, involves topical, self-administered products known as microbicides. The development of microbicides is a long and complicated process, and this volume provides an overview of all...
by Omar Bagasra, Donald Gene Pace
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
The Guide to AIDS is succinct review of HIV/AIDS from a human-interest perspective. Chapters focus on some of the common patterns and prevention of HIV transmission and debunks misconceptions about HIV and AIDS. Brief descriptions the human immune system and epidemiology of HIV are included. The cultural...
Chikungunya Virus
Advances in Biology, Pathogenesis, and Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
This book describes the molecular biology, pathogenesis, epidemiology, and potential strategies for control of chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection. It offers insight into the structure and functions of CHIKV proteins as they relate to host response, interaction with the arthropod vector, and vaccination....
by Adrian Bot, Constantin A. Bona
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
Wolf's discovery demonstrating that a reporter gene is expressed in myocytes subsequent to injection of naked DNA, was exploited by immunologists and vaccinologists to develop a new generation of vaccines. This observation galvanized the research and in a short lapse of time, an oceanic volume of...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
This comprehensive, interdisciplinary book covers different aspects of relevant human pathogens and commensals. The ongoing development of (meta-)genomic, transcriptomic, proteomic and bioinformatic analyses of pathogenic and commensal microorganisms and their host interaction provides a comprehensive...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Marek's disease virus (MDV) is a herpesvirus which causes a lymphoproliferative disorder of the domestic chicken worldwide. This serious economical problem caused by MDV was mostly solved by development of an effective vaccine against MDV. The development of live vaccines against the disease is remarkable...
Viral Hepatitis and Liver Disease
Proceedings of the International Symposium on Viral Hepatitis and Liver Disease: Molecules Today, More Cures Tomorrow, Tokyo, May 10–14, 1993 (1993 ISVHLD)
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
A series of international symposia on viral hepatitis and liver disease has been held triannially, and called the "Olympics" of this research field. Our book presents the results of the eighth of these "Olympiads" which for the first time, was held in Asia (May 1993, Tokyo). Due...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2014
The most feared attribute of the human pathogen Vibrio cholerae is its ability to cause outbreaks that spread like wildfire, completely overwhelming public health systems and causing widespread suffering and death. This volume starts with a description of the contrasting patterns of outbreaks caused...
Human Virology in Latin America
From Biology to Control
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2017
This book is a compilation of some of the most remarkable contributions made by scientists currently working in Latin America to the understanding of virus biology, the pathogenesis of virus-related diseases, virus epidemiology, vaccine trials and antivirals development. In addition to recognizing...
Replicating Vaccines
A New Generation
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2010
Technological advances, together with a better understanding of the molecular biology of infectious microorganisms, are creating exciting possibilities for a new generation of replicating vaccines. Historically, live vaccines have been either directly derived from a natural source or attenuated by...