Antiviral agents and human viral diseases /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Galasso, George J., Whitley, Richard J., Merigan, Thomas C., 1934-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Philadelphia : Lippincott-Raven Publishers, [1997]
Edition:	Fourth edition.
Subjects:	Virus Diseases > diagnosis. Antiviral Agents. Clinical Trials as Topic. Laboratory Techniques and Procedures.

Table of Contents:

Pt. 1. Basic biology: drug development
Virus replication: target functions and events for virus-specific inhibitors / Erik De Clercq
Pathogenesis of viral infection / Tony Cunningham
Preclinical evaluation of antiviral agents / Earl R. Kern
Clinical drug development: human pharmacology, safety and tolerance trials / Paul S. Lietman and Oscar L. Laskin
Pt. 2. Laboratory diagnosis/clinical trials
Laboratory diagnosis of viral infections / Lorraine V. Jones-Brando and Robert H. Yolken.
Design of clinical trials of treatments for HIV infection / Michael D. Hughes and Victor De Gruttola
Ocular viral infections: herpes simplex virus, Epstein-Barr virus, adenovirus, and poxviruses / Deborah Pavan- Langston
Ocular viral infections: varicella-zoster virus / Thomas J. Liesegang
Cytomegalovirus infections in the immunocompromised host / Richard J. Whitley and Paul D. Griffiths
Varicella-zoster virus infections / Richard J. Whitley
Herpes simplex virus infections / Gregory J. Mertz
Human papillomavirus infections / Robert C. Rose, William Bonnez, and Richard C. Reichman.
Respiratory virus infections / Robert B. Couch
Viral infections of the gastrointestinal tract / John J. Treanor and Raphael Dolin
Viral hepatitis / Janice Main and Howard C. Thomas
Viral infections of the central nervous system / Diane E. Griffin
Chronic intrauterine and perinatal infections / Ann M. Arvin, Yvonne Maldonado, and Charles A. Alford, Jr.
Human immunodeficiency viruses and human T-lymphotropic viruses / Charles A.B. Boucher
Epstein-Barr virus and human herpesvirus types 6 and 7 / Stephen E. Straus.
Cytomegalovirus / Jorge A. Tavel, Scott M. Whitcup, and Henry Masur
Hantaviruses, filoviruses, and other small lipid-enveloped Rna viruses causing hemorrHagic, encephalititc, and febrile disease / John W. Huggins
Pt. 3. Prevention
Immunization against viral diseases / Gerald V. Quinnan, Jr.