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Description: |
xvii, 468 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm. |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Front Cover; Research Advances in Rabies; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1: Rabies Virus Transcription and Replication; Chapter 2: Rabies Virus Assembly and Budding; Chapter 3: Evasive Strategies in Rabies Virus Infection; Chapter 4: Rabies Virus Clearance from the Central Nervous System; Chapter 5: Role of Chemokines in Rabies Pathogenesis and Protection; Chapter 6: Interferon in Rabies Virus Infection; Chapter 7: The Role of Toll-Like Receptors in the Induction of Immune Responses During Rabies Virus Infection. |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Summary: Volume 79 of Advances in Virus Research focuses on developments surrounding rabies, an ancient disease that remains a promiment public health problem for humans. This volume highlights important research advances extending from our understanding of how rabies virus replicates and assembles to how the disease can be prevented and treated in humans and how rabies can be controlled in wildlife hosts. Experts in the fields provide insightful and up-to-date chapters that summarize our current state of knowledge in diverse aspects of this very interesting and important viral disease. |