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Description: |
xvii, 344 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: A short introduction to disease emergence / Nicholas Johnson -- Patterns of foot-and-mouth disease virus distribution in Africa / Miriam B. Casey [and eleven others] -- Paroviruses of carnivores / Andrew B. Allison and Colin R. Parrish -- Rabies / Conrad Freuling [and four others] -- Lassa fever / Elisabeth Fichet-Calvet -- Henipaviruses / Glenn A. Marsh and Lin-Fa Wang -- The role of birds in the spread of West Nile virus / Paul Gale and Nicholas Johnson -- Rift Valley fever virus / Janusz T. Paweska and Petrus Jansen van Vuren -- From simian to human immunodeficiency viruses (SIV to HIV) / Denis M. Tebit and Eric J. Arts -- Hantavirus emergence in rodents, insectivores and bats / Mathias Schlegel [and four others] -- Nipah virus / David T.S. Hayman and Nicholas Johnson -- Synthesis / Philip R. Wakeley, Sarah North and Nicholas Johnson. |