Overview
- Editors:
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Alfred S. Evans
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Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA
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Richard A. Kaslow
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Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, USA
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Table of contents (34 chapters)
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Acute Viral Infections
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- W. Paul Glezen, Floyd W. Denny
Pages 551-567
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- Kevin E. Brown, Neal S. Young
Pages 569-582
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- Charles E. Rupprecht, Cathleen A. Hanlon
Pages 665-690
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- William A. Blattner, Thomas R. O’Brien, Nancy E. Mueller
Pages 713-783
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- Nancy E. Mueller, William A. Blattner
Pages 785-813
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- Sandra J. Holmes, Walter A. Orenstein
Pages 839-860
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Viral Infections and Malignant Diseases
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Front Matter
Pages 893-893
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- Alfred S. Evans, Nancy E. Mueller
Pages 895-933
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- Mark H. Schiffman, Robert D. Burk
Pages 983-1023
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Viral Infections and Chronic Diseases
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Front Matter
Pages 1025-1025
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- David M. Asher, Clarence J. Gibbs Jr.
Pages 1027-1052
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Back Matter
Pages 1053-1078
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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Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA
Alfred S. Evans
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Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, USA
Richard A. Kaslow