Gastroenteritis Viruses

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Derek J. Chadwick, Jamie A. Goode
John Wiley & Sons, Jun 29, 2001 - Health & Fitness - 334 pages
This important book covers the structure and molecular biology of small round structured viruses (SSRVs) such as caliciviruses and astroviruses, and the basic pathology of infection. It provides readers with the knowledge needed to make progress in the prevention and treatment of these infections. Readers will also find an overview of gastroentitis vaccines, their structure and molecular biology, as well as the basic pathology of infection, epidemiology and surveillance.
  • Provides an interdisciplinary approach, offering contributions from basic and clinical research
  • Discusses the prevention and treatment of regimes
  • Includes an overview of gastroentitis vaccines
 

Contents

Mary K Estes Introduction
1
Venkataram Prasad S Crawford J A Lawton J Pesavento M Hardy
26
Carlos F Arias Carlos A Guerrero Ernesto Méndez Selene Zárate Pavel Isa
47
John T Patton Rotavirus RNA replication and gene expression
64
Mary K Estes Gagandeep Kang Carl Q Y Zeng Sue E Crawford
82
General discussion I
101
Ulrich Desselberger Miren IturrizaGómara and Jim J Gray
125
Albert Z Kapikian A rotavirus vaccine for prevention of severe diarrhoea
153
Matsui David Kiang Nancy Ginzton Teri Chew
219
Stephan S Monroe Jennifer L Holmes and Gaël M Belliot Molecular
237
General discussion II
250
Holmes Enteric infections with coronaviruses and toroviruses
258
G Pollok Viruses causing diarrhoea in AIDS
276
Michael J G Farthing Treatment of gastrointestinal viruses
289
Mary K Estes Summingup
306
Subject index
312

Marion Koopmans Jan Vinjé Erwin Duizer Matty de Wit
197

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Derek J. Chadwick and Jamie A. Goode are editors for Gastroenteritis Viruses and other scientific titles.

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