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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Academic Press,
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Publisher Address: | San Diego, CA : |
Publication Dates: | [2014] |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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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. |