Rinderpest and peste des petits ruminants : virus plagues of large and small ruminants /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Barrett, T., Pastoret, Paul-Pierre, Taylor, William P.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, [2006]
Series:Biology of animal infections.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Rinderpest : a general introduction
  • The morbilliviruses
  • Molecular biology of the morbilliviruses
  • Rinderpest and peste des petits ruminants - the diseases : clinical signs and pathology
  • Rinderpest - an old and worldwide story : history to c.1902
  • Rinderpest in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries
  • Rinderpest and wildlife
  • Diagnosis of rinderpest virus and peste des petits ruminants virus
  • Old prophylactic methods
  • Immunology of rinderpest - an immunosuppression but a lifelong vaccine protection
  • History of vaccines and vaccination
  • New generation vaccines against rinderpest and peste des petits ruminants
  • Use of rinderpest vaccine in international prgrammes for the control and eradication of rinderpest
  • Strategy for measles eradication
  • Towards the global eradication of rinderpest
  • Conclusions