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Hantaviruses are rodent-borne RNA viruses within the family Bunyaviridae. They are found worldwide and are associated with two severe disease syndromes; hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) in Asia and Europe, and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) in the Americas. Human infection is usuall...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Schmaljohn, C. S. (Connie Sue), Nichol, S. T. (Stuart T.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Springer, 2001.
Series:Current topics in microbiology and immunology ; 256.
Subjects:
Hantaviruses.
Hantavirus.
Hantavirus Infections.
Hantaviroses > Pathogenèse.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Hantaviruses : history and overview / K.M. Johnson
  • Replication of hantaviruses / C.B. Jonsson and C.S. Schmaljohn
  • Hantavirus maturation / C.F. Spiropoulou
  • Virus evolution and genetic diversity of hantaviruses and their rodent hosts / A. Plyusnin and S.P. Morzunov
  • Modeling hantavirus maintenance and transmission in rodent communities / B. Hjelle and T. Yates
  • Cellular receptors and hantavirus pathogenesis / E.R. Mackow and I.N. Gavrilovskaya
  • Clinical manifestations of new world hantaviruses / D.A. Enria [and others]
  • Clinical characteristics of hantavirus infections on the Eurasian continent / M. Linderholm and F. Elgh
  • Human immune response, host genetics, and severity of disease / O. Vapalahti, Å. Lundkvist, and A. Vaheri
  • Vaccines against hantaviruses / J.W. Hooper and D. Li.