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Quasispecies : concept and implications for virology /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Domingo, Esteban
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Springer, [2006]
Series:Current topics in microbiology and immunology. 299.
Subjects:
RNA viruses.
Virology.
Virus diseases > Immunological aspects.
Species.
RNA Viruses > genetics.
Mutagenesis.
Evolution, Molecular.
Population Dynamics.
Table of Contents:
  • What is a quasispecies?
  • Quasispecies in time-dependent environments
  • Viruses as quasispecies : biological implications
  • Virus fitness : concept, quantification, and application to HIV population dynamics
  • Population bottlenecks in quasispecies dynamics
  • Evolutionary dynamics of HIV-1 and the control of AIDS
  • Evolution of virulence on picornaviruses
  • Molecular mechanisms of poliovirus variation and evolution
  • Hepatitis C population dynamics during infection
  • Evolutionary influences in arboviral disease
  • Arenavirus diversity and evolution : quasispecies in vivo
  • Mutant clouds and occupation of sequence space in plant RNA viruses
  • Parvovirus variation for disease : a difference with RNA viruses?
  • Transistions in understanding of RNA viruses : a historical perspective