Research Advances in Rabies
Volume 79 of Advances in Virus Research focuses on developments surrounding rabies, an ancient disease that remains a prominent public health problem for humans. This volume highlights important research advances extending from our understanding of how the rabies virus replicates and assembles to how the disease can be prevented and treated in humans and how rabies can be controlled in wildlife hosts. Experts in the field provide insightful and up-to-date chapters that summarize our current state of knowledge in diverse aspects of this very interesting and important viral disease. - Contributions from leading authorities and industry experts - Informs and updates on all the latest developments in the field
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Research Advances in Rabies
Volume 79 of Advances in Virus Research focuses on developments surrounding rabies, an ancient disease that remains a prominent public health problem for humans. This volume highlights important research advances extending from our understanding of how the rabies virus replicates and assembles to how the disease can be prevented and treated in humans and how rabies can be controlled in wildlife hosts. Experts in the field provide insightful and up-to-date chapters that summarize our current state of knowledge in diverse aspects of this very interesting and important viral disease. - Contributions from leading authorities and industry experts - Informs and updates on all the latest developments in the field
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Research Advances in Rabies

Research Advances in Rabies

by Alan C. Jackson PhD (Editor)
Research Advances in Rabies

Research Advances in Rabies

by Alan C. Jackson PhD (Editor)

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Volume 79 of Advances in Virus Research focuses on developments surrounding rabies, an ancient disease that remains a prominent public health problem for humans. This volume highlights important research advances extending from our understanding of how the rabies virus replicates and assembles to how the disease can be prevented and treated in humans and how rabies can be controlled in wildlife hosts. Experts in the field provide insightful and up-to-date chapters that summarize our current state of knowledge in diverse aspects of this very interesting and important viral disease. - Contributions from leading authorities and industry experts - Informs and updates on all the latest developments in the field

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780123870414
Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology Books
Publication date: 07/13/2011
Series: Advances in Virus Research , #79
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 486
File size: 5 MB

About the Author

Dr. Alan Jackson is Professor of Medicine (Neurology) at University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He graduated from Queen’s University with BA and MD degrees. He completed an internship in internal medicine at University of Southern California, residencies in internal medicine at Queen’s University and in neurology at the University of Western Ontario, and a fellowship in neurovirology at The Johns Hopkins University with Drs. Richard Johnson and Diane Griffin. Dr. Jackson was active in basic rabies research for over 30 years.

Table of Contents

- Rabies Virus Transcription and ReplicationAurélie A. V. Albertini, Rob W. H. Ruigrok and Danielle Blondel - Rabies Virus Assembly and BuddingAtsushi Okumura and Ronald N. Harty - Evasive strategies in rabies virus infectionA.C Jackson - Rabies virus clearance from the central nervous systemD. Craig Hooper, Anirban Roy, Darryll A. Barkhouse, Jianwei Li, Rhonda B. Kean - Role of chemokines in rabies pathogenesis and protectionXuefeng Niu, Hualei Wang, Zhen F. Fu - Interferon in rabies virus infectionMartina Rieder and Karl-Klaus Conzelmann - The role of Toll-like receptors in the induction of immune responses during rabies virus infectionJianwei Li, Milosz Faber, Bernhard Dietzschold and D. Craig Hooper - Role of Oxidative Stress in Rabies Virus InfectionAlan C. Jackson, Wafa Kammouni and Paul Fernyhough - Rabies virus as a research tool and viral vaccine vectorEmily A. Gomme, Celestine N. Wanjalla, Christoph Wirblich and Matthias J. Schnell - Rabies Virus as a transneuronal tracer of neuronal connectionsGabriella Ugolini - Molecular phylogenetics of the Lyssaviruses - insights from a coalescent approachSusan A. Nadin-Davis and Leslie A. Real - Bats and lyssavirusesAshley C Banyard, David Hayman, Nicholas Johnson, Lorraine McElhinney and Anthony R. Fooks - Post-Exposure Prophylaxis for Rabies in Resource Limited/Poor CountriesPrapimporn Shantavasinkul and Henry Wilde - Neuroimaging in RabiesJiraporn Laothamatas, Witaya Sungkarat, Thiravat Hemachudha - Rabies virus infection and microRNAsNipan Israsena, Aekkapol Mahavihakanont and Thiravat Hemachudha - Design of Future Rabies Biologics and Antiviral DrugsTodd G Smith, Xianfu Wu, Richard Franka, and Charles Rupprecht - Therapy of Human RabiesAlan C. Jackson - Mathematical Models for RabiesVijay G. Panjeti and Leslie A. Real - Evolution of Wildlife Rabies Control TacticsRick Rosatte - Understanding effects of barriers on the spread and control of rabiesErin E. Rees, Bruce A. Pond, Rowland R. Tinline and Denise Bélanger - Rabies Research In Resource - Poor CountriesHenry Wilde MD and Boonlert Lumlertdacha
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