Progress in Medical Virology
Published in 1992
Book
Hardback
X, 270 pages
978-3-8055-5428-2 (ISBN)
Description
Exploring contemporary virology research, this volume illustrates the ways in which various human and animal viruses can be investigated and combated. Among the topics discussed are herpes zoster, the proteins of poliovirus and the association of hepatitis B virus with liver cancer.
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Historical contemporary perspectives in vaccine developments - from the vantage of cancer, M.R. Hillman; pathogenesis and latency, D.H. Gilden et al; herpes simplex virus latency - molecular aspects, D.Y. Ho; receptor for Epstein-Barr virus, J.E. McClure; the proteins of poliovirus, A. Boeye and B. Rombaut; hepatitis B virus and hepatocellular carcinoma, B.L. Slagle et al; role of anti-idiotypic antibodies in induction, regulation and expression of coxsackievirus-induced myocarditis, R.E. Paque; determinants of virus-related supression of immune responses as observed during infection with an oncogenic poxvirus, D.S. Strayer; updated recommendations for safety-testing of viral inocula used in volunteer experiments on rhinovirus colds, J.M. Gwaltney Jr et al.