Medical Virology 8Luis M. de la Maza, Ellena M. Peterson Springer Science & Business Media, 2013 M11 11 - 332 pages No other area of biology has grown as fast and become as relevant over the last decade as virology. It is with no little amount of amaze ment, that the more we learn about fundamental biological questions and mechanisms of diseases, the more obvious it becomes that viruses perme ate all facets of our lives. While on one hand viruses are known to cause acute and chronic, mild and fatal, focal and generalized diseases, on the other hand, they are used as tools for gaining an understanding of the structure and function of higher organisms, and as vehicles for carrying protective or curative therapies. The wide scope of approaches to different biological and medical virological questions was well rep resented by the speakers that participated in this year's Symposium. While the epidemic by the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 continues to spread without hope for much relief in sight, intriguing questions and answers in the area of diagnostics, clinical manifestations and therapeutical approaches to viral infections are unveiled daily. Let us hope, that with the increasing awareness by our society of the role played by viruses, not only as causative agents of diseases, but also as models for better understanding basic biological principles, more efforts and resources are placed into their study. Luis M. de la Maza Irvine, California Ellena M. |
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The Analysis of Immunity to Specific Proteins of Herpes Simplex | 41 |
Infection and Disease | 73 |
ABSTRACTS 267 | 82 |
Molecular Epidemiology of EpsteinBarr Virus Obtained from | 87 |
Infectious Complications of Human Retroviruses and Human | 105 |
Statistical Issues in Assessing the AIDS Epidemic | 121 |
Herpesvirus TransActivation of Human Immunodeficiency Virus | 135 |
Regulation of Expression of HIV1 by Viral Factors | 151 |
Mechanisms of CoxsackievirusInduced Acute Myocarditis | 161 |
Adenovirus Gene Products that Affect Host Immune Mechanisms | 183 |
Antiviral Cytotoxic TLymphocytes and Vaccines | 239 |
CONTRIBUTORS | 315 |
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