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Viral Infections of Humans

Epidemiology and Control

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Editors:
  1. Richard A. Kaslow

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

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  2. Lawrence R. Stanberry

    1. Departmant of Pediatrics, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, USA

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  3. James W. Le Duc

    1. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, USA

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  • Revised and expanded edition of a classic reference covering all major human viral infections

  • Information presented in a uniform way, summarizing the methodology, biological characteristics, descriptive epidemiology, transmission, pathogenesis, control and prevention for each virus

  • Companion to Bacterial Infections of Humans edited by P. Brachman

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (47 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Concepts and Methods

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Epidemiology and Control: Principles, Practice and Programs

      • Richard A. Kaslow
      Pages 3-38

    3. Diagnosis, Discovery and Dissection of Viral Diseases

      • W. Ian Lipkin, Thomas Briese
      Pages 39-45

    4. Immunological Detection and Characterization

      • Robert L. Atmar
      Pages 47-62

    5. Surveillance and Seroepidemiology

      • Ruth Jiles, Monina Klevens, Elizabeth Hughes
      Pages 63-79

    6. Viral Dynamics and Mathematical Models

      • Nimalan Arinaminpathy, Charlotte Jessica E. Metcalf, Bryan T. Grenfell
      Pages 81-96

  3. Viruses Causing Acute Syndromes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 97-97
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    2. Adenoviruses

      • Xiaoyan Lu, Amita Joshi, Phyllis Flomenberg
      Pages 99-121

    3. Alphaviruses: Equine Encephalitis and Others

      • Scott C. Weaver, Ann M. Powers
      Pages 123-145

    4. Arenaviruses: Lassa Fever, Lujo Hemorrhagic Fever, Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis, and the South American Hemorrhagic Fevers

      • Daniel G. Bausch, James N. Mills
      Pages 147-171

    5. Bunyaviruses: Hantavirus and Others

      • Alexander N. Freiberg, Dennis A. Bente, James W. Le Duc
      Pages 173-197

    6. Coronaviruses

      • Arnold S. Monto, Benjamin J. Cowling, J. S. Malik Peiris
      Pages 199-223

    7. Enteroviruses and Parechoviruses: Echoviruses, Coxsackieviruses, and Others

      • M. Steven Oberste, Susan I. Gerber
      Pages 225-252

    8. Enteroviruses: Enterovirus 71

      • Mong How Ooi, Tom Solomon
      Pages 253-275

    9. Enteroviruses: Polio

      • Olen M. Kew
      Pages 277-336

    10. Filoviruses: Marburg and Ebola

      • Thomas G. Ksiazek
      Pages 337-350

    11. Flaviviruses: Dengue

      • Stephen J. Thomas, Timothy P. Endy, Alan L. Rothman
      Pages 351-381

    12. Flaviviruses: Yellow Fever, Japanese B, West Nile, and Others

      • Stephen J. Thomas, Luis J. Martinez, Timothy P. Endy
      Pages 383-415

    13. Hepatitis A Virus

      • Daniel Shouval
      Pages 417-438
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About this book

Striking changes have occurred in the world since the publication of the last edition of Viral Infections of Humans. The global population is rapidly approaching 8 billion; climate change is leading to the introduction of new hosts, vectors and virus diseases heretofore never seen in many parts of the world; technological advances have revolutionized the ability to recognize and characterize viruses new and old; vaccines are altering the epidemiological landscape of the diseases they target, in some cases raising the hope of their eradication and remarkably powerful computational tools are enabling not only detection of outbreaks of disease much sooner than in the past but also, through complex mathematical modeling, more accurate prediction of their potential impact.

The new Fifth Edition of Viral Infections of Humans captures the both the excitement and frustration of the dynamic struggle between humankind and the viruses that continue to cause immense suffering.  It presents the latest concepts, methods and technologies in epidemiology, detection, investigation, modeling and intervention. Updated and entirely new chapters by dozens of experts across the field provide analytic summaries of current knowledge of viruses and prions causing acute syndromes, chronic illnesses and/or malignancies. In sum, this ambitiously expanded volume offers a uniquely comprehensive perspective on viruses in humans, from agents of classic diseases (e.g., hepatitis, measles, polio, rabies and yellow fever), to those with greatest pandemic impact (e.g., influenza and human immunodeficiency virus), to those discovered relatively recently (e.g., henipavirus, metapneumovirus and norovirus).

The new Fifth Edition of Viral Infections of Humans is an invaluable reference for students, fellows and established professionals in the fields of microbiology, public health and infectious disease epidemiology, medicine and health policy.

Editors and Affiliations

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

    Richard A. Kaslow

  • Departmant of Pediatrics, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, USA

    Lawrence R. Stanberry

  • Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, USA

    James W. Le Duc

About the editors

Dr. Richard A. Kaslow is a Professor of Epidemiology and International Health, Medicine and Microbiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dr. Lawrence R. Stanberry is director of the Sealy Center for Vaccine Development at the University of Texas. He has served on numerous advisory and review panels. Dr. James W. LeDuc, is director, Galveston National Laboratory Professor, Microbiology and Immunology Robert E. Shope Chair in Global Health at UTMB.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Viral Infections of Humans

  • Book Subtitle: Epidemiology and Control

  • Editors: Richard A. Kaslow, Lawrence R. Stanberry, James W. Le Duc

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-7448-8

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-7447-1Due: 29 September 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-7448-8Published: 27 September 2014

  • Edition Number: 5

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 1215

  • Number of Illustrations: 82 b/w illustrations, 156 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Public Health, Infectious Diseases, Virology

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