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  • Jun 1997

Viral Infections of Humans

Epidemiology and Control

Editors:

  1. Alfred S. Evans

    1. Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA

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  2. Richard A. Kaslow

    1. Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, USA

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Table of contents (34 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxviii
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  2. Concepts and Methods

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Epidemiologic Concepts and Methods

      • Richard A. Kaslow, Alfred S. Evans
      Pages 3-58

    3. Laboratory Methods for the Diagnosis of Viral Diseases

      • Robert L. Atmar, Janet A. Englund
      Pages 59-88

    4. Surveillance and Seroepidemiology

      • Richard A. Kaslow, Alfred S. Evans
      Pages 89-115

  3. Acute Viral Infections

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117
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    2. Adenoviruses

      • Hjordis M. Foy
      Pages 119-138

    3. African Hemorrhagic Fevers Caused by Marburg and Ebola Viruses

      • Robert E. Shope, James M. Meegan
      Pages 139-150

    4. Arboviruses

      • Robert E. Shope, James M. Meegan
      Pages 151-183

    5. Arenaviruses

      • Peter B. Jahrling
      Pages 185-209

    6. Coronaviruses

      • Arnold S. Monto
      Pages 211-227

    7. Cytomegalovirus

      • Anne A. Gershon, Eli Gold, George A. Nankervis
      Pages 229-251

    8. Epstein-Barr Virus

      • James C. Niederman, Alfred S. Evans
      Pages 253-283

    9. Viral Gastroenteritis

      • Albert Z. Kapikian
      Pages 285-343

    10. Hantaviruses

      • James W. LeDuc
      Pages 345-362

    11. Viral Hepatitis

      • Harold S. Margolis, Miriam J. Alter, Stephen C. Hadler
      Pages 363-418

    12. Herpes Simplex Viruses 1 and 2

      • Lawrence R. Stanberry, Daniel M. Jorgensen, André J. Nahmias
      Pages 419-454

    13. Human Herpesvirus-6 and Human Herpesvirus-7

      • Paul H. Levine
      Pages 455-471

    14. Influenza Viruses

      • W. Paul Glezen, Robert B. Couch
      Pages 473-505

    15. Measles

      • Francis L. Black
      Pages 507-529
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About this book

I prepared this preface to the fourth edition of Viral Infections of Humans alone and with mixed emotions. It was immensely gratifying when Al Evans invited me to join him in producing the new edition. After following at a distance his exemplary career as a scholar and gentleman in every sense of those words, I was filled with anticipation at the privilege of observing close at hand the thoughtful dedication he had previously brought to editorial process. However, work together soon the our was overshadowed by the condition that would slowly take him from our task and our midst. As we both increasingly realized that his declining health might prevent him from seeing this final product, the initial gratification that I had felt gave way to a sense of awesome responsibility for perpetuating his masterful blend of science and literacy. From the earliest days in the planning of this revision, Al and I recognized the profound changes taking place both in the knowledge of viral infections and in the way that knowledge was being gathered. With all of biomedical science moving in the rush of revolution, every discipline generating information relevant to this text-from virology, immunology, and pharmacology to epidemiology and neuropsychology-has been swept along in the torrent, propelled principally by two synergizing technologic forces: molecular biology and cybernetics.
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Reviews

from a review of the Third Edition
`A valuable source of information....offers an important and unique perspective.'
The New England Journal of Medicine
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA

    Alfred S. Evans

  • Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, USA

    Richard A. Kaslow

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