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The role of animals in emerging viral diseases /

Presents what is currently known about the role of animals in the emergence or re-emergence of viruses including HIV-AIDS, SARS, Ebola, avian flu, swine flu, and rabies. It presents the structure, genome, and methods of transmission that influence emergence and considers non-viral factors that favor...

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Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology.
Group Author: Johnson, Nicholas, 1968-
Published: Academic Press,
Publisher Address: San Diego, CA :
Publication Dates: [2014]
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Veterinary virology.
Communicable diseases in animals.
Zoonoses.
Communicable Diseases, Emerging.
Pathology, Veterinary.
Virus Diseases > veterinary.
HEALTH & FITNESS > General. > General.
MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL > Internal Medicine.
Electronic books.
Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780124051911
Summary: Presents what is currently known about the role of animals in the emergence or re-emergence of viruses including HIV-AIDS, SARS, Ebola, avian flu, swine flu, and rabies. It presents the structure, genome, and methods of transmission that influence emergence and considers non-viral factors that favor emergence, such as animal domestication, human demography, population growth, human behavior, and land-use changes.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (363 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780124055155
012405515X
012405191X
9780124051911
Index Number: SF780
CLC: S852.6
Contents: 1. A short introduction to disease emergence / Nicholas Johnson -- 2. Patterns of foot-and-mouth disease virus distribution in Africa / Miriam B. Casey, Tiziana Lembo, Nick J. Knowles, Robert Fyumagwa, Fredrick Kivaria, Honori Maliti, Christopher Kasanga, Raphael Sallu, Richard Reeve, Satya Parida, Donald P. King and Sarah Cleaveland -- 3. Parvoviruses of carnivores / Andrew B. Allison and Colin R. Parrish -- 4. Rabies / Conrad Freuling, Ad Vos, Nicholas Johnson, Ralf-Udo Muhle and Thomas Muller -- 5. Lassa fever / Elisabeth Fichet-Calvet -- 6. Henipaviruses / Glenn A. Marsh and Lin-Fa Wang -- 7. The role of birds in the spread of West Nile virus / Paul Gale and Nicholas Johnson -- 8. Rift Valley fever virus / Janusz T. Paweska and Petrus Jansen van Vuren -- 9. From simian to human immunodeficiency viruses (SIV to HIV) / Denis M. Tebit and Eric J. Arts -- 10. Hantavirus emergence in rodents, insectivores and bats / Mathias Schlegel, Jens Jacob, Detlev H. Kruger, Andreas Rang and Rainer G. Ulrich -- 11. Nipah virus / David T.S. Hayman and Nicholas Johnson -- 12. Synthesis / Philip R. Wakeley, Sarah North and Nicholas Johnson.

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