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The Transmission of Epidemic Influenza

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  • © 1992

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  1. R. Edgar Hope-Simpson

    1. Cirencester Epidemiological Research Unit, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. The Scope and Purpose of the Book

    • R. Edgar Hope-Simpson
    Pages 1-8

  3. The Debate about the Contagiousness of Influenza

    • R. Edgar Hope-Simpson
    Pages 9-21

  4. Epidemic Influenza, 1900–1932

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    Pages 23-32

  5. The Effect of the Discovery of the Causal Organism

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    Pages 33-42

  6. The Viruses that Cause Epidemic Influenza

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    Pages 43-49

  7. Antigenic Variation and Recycling of Influenza A Viruses

    • R. Edgar Hope-Simpson
    Pages 51-57

  8. The Necessity for a New Concept

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    Pages 59-76

  9. The Influence of Season

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    Pages 77-93

  10. The Explanation of Antigenic Drift

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    Pages 95-109

  11. Antigenic Shift of Influenza A Virus

    • R. Edgar Hope-Simpson
    Pages 111-129

  12. Hypotheses of Antigenic Shift

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    Pages 131-141

  13. Some Other Epidemiological Hypotheses

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    Pages 143-156

  14. Influenza in Nonhuman Hosts

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    Pages 157-170

  15. Experimental Studies

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    Pages 171-184

  16. Influenzal Anachronisms

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    Pages 185-189

  17. The New Concept in Detail

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    Pages 191-200

  18. Some Tests of the New Concept

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    Pages 201-223

  19. The Natural History of Human Influenza

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    Pages 225-242

  20. Back Matter

    Pages 243-251
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About this book

THE PLAGUE YEARS Mankind has always been fascinated by "origins," and biologists are no exception. Darwin is our most famous example. What is the origin of mankind, of species, of infectious diseases? In the last few years we have seen the emergence and spread of some apparently "new" viruses, such as HIV -1 and the virus causing bovine spongiform encephalomyelopathy. But are these, in fact, entirely new agents, or mutated forms of "old" viruses that have evolved along with us for eons? Edgar Hope-Simpson could not have written this book at a more opportune moment. He is a firm believer in gradual evolution, rather than the sudden arrival of new agents. I suspect that he would also have a naturalist's Darwinian approach for the origin of AIDS. It has been a source of some amazement to me over the years how even the most innovative scientists conform to a current hypothesis. Pioneer thinking comes more easily to persons outside the scientific mainstream. Edgar Hope­ Simpson has always struck me as a modem-day naturalist of the classic style, observant and perhaps a little maverick in line of thought. Certainly, the central hypothesis propounded in this book will be controversial to many scientists. From his unique citadel, the Epidemiological Research Unit in Cirencester, he has carefully reexamined mortality data from old records as well as new.

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  • Cirencester Epidemiological Research Unit, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England

    R. Edgar Hope-Simpson

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