Molecular pathogenesis of virus infections : Sixty-fourth Symposium of the Society for General Microbiology held at Heriot-Watt University, April 2005
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Molecular pathogenesis of virus infections : Sixty-fourth Symposium of the Society for General Microbiology held at Heriot-Watt University, April 2005
（Symposia of the Society for General Microbiology, 64）
Cambridge University Press, 2005
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Description
Virus and prion diseases remain a major public health threat, in both developed and developing countries. The worldwide HIV pandemic is but one example of a newly emerged virus disease; other potential threats come from exotic viruses such as SARS, Ebola and Hantaan viruses. Older human viruses such as influenza, papilloma, herpes and the hepatitis viruses still cause major health problems. Furthermore, as well as causing acute infections, some viruses may also establish persistent infections which can lead to the development of chronic diseases, including cancer. This symposium book covers central factors that influence the pathogenicity of virus and prion infections. Topics range from innate and adaptive immune responses and virus evasion of host defences to details of selected virus host interactions, including those involving dengue virus, HIV, influenza viruses, coronaviruses, hepatitis C virus, herpesviruses, papillomaviruses, African swine fever virus and poxviruses.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. Adaptive immune responses J. L. Whitton
- 2. T-cell responses and dengue haemorrhagic fever G. Screaton and J. Mongkolsapaya
- 3. The immune response to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) E. Turnbull and P. Borrow
- 4. Persistent RNA virus infections C. M. Dixon, L. Breakwell, G. Barry and J. K. Fazakerley
- 5. Exotic virus pathogenesis S. Nichol
- 6. Molecular approaches to the pathogenesis of feline coronaviruses C. Dye and S. Siddell
- 7. The transmissible spongiform encephalopathies J. C. Manson and R. M. Barron
- 8. Influenza virus pathogenicity R. G. Webster, A. S. Lipatov and E. Hoffmann
- 9. RNAi as an antiviral mechanism and therapeutic approach R. P. van Rij and R. Andino
- 10. Neurons and host immunity conspire to maintain herpes simplex virus in a latent state M. L. Freeman, V. Decman and R. L. Hendricks
- 11. Hepatitis C virus disruption of interferon signalling pathways and evasion of innate intracellular antiviral defences S. M. Lemon and K. Li
- 12. Human papillomaviruses and their effects on cell cycle control and apoptosis L. Gray, C. Jolly and C. S. Herrington
- 13. Intracellular antiviral defence mechanisms: the power of interferon-regulated restriction factors O. Haller, F. Weber and G. Kochs
- 14. Poxvirus immune evasion A. Alcami
- 15. Evasion of host defence systems by African swine fever virus L. K. Dixon
- 16. Murid herpesvirus 4 as a model for gammaherpesvirus pathogenesis J. P. Stewart, D. Hughes, L. Roaden and B. Ebrahimi
- Index.
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