Description |
1 online resource (xv, 688 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
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Wiley SCELC e-books
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Contents |
Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy: The Discovery of a Neurologic Disease / Karl E. Astrom -- Papova Virions in Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy: A Discovery at the Interface of Neuropathology, Virology, and Oncology / Gabriele M. Zu Rhein -- Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy: Cultivation and Characterization of the Etiologic Agent / Duard L. Walker -- Serendipity: The Fortuitous Discovery of BK Virus / Wendy A. Knowles -- The Human Polyomaviruses: An Overview / Michael J. Imperiale -- Transcription and Replication in the Human Polyomaviruses / Hee-Sun Kim, John W. Henson, and Richard J. Frisque -- The Archetype Concept and Regulatory Region Rearrangement / Yoshiaki Yogo and Chie Sugimoto -- Synthesis and Assembly of Polyomavirus Virions / Yukiko Shishido-Hara and Kazuo Nagashima -- Cellular Receptors for the Polyomaviruses / Walter J. Atwood -- Latent and Persistent Polyomavirus Infection / Kristina Dorries -- Clinical Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy: Diagnosis and Treatment / Joseph R. Berger and Avindra Nath -- The Neuropathology and Pathogenesis of Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy / Maria Mazlo, Holly G. Ressetar, and Gerald L. Stoner -- Laboratory Findings in Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy / Thomas Weber -- Molecular Biology of BK Virus and Clinical and Basic Aspects of BK Virus Renal Infection / Ugo Moens and Ole Petter Rekvig -- JC Virus in Experimental and Clinical Brain Tumorigenesis / Luis Del Valle, Jennifer Gordon, Pasquale Ferrante, and Kamel Khalili -- Evidence for BK Virus as a Human Tumor Virus / Alfredo Corallini, Mauro Tognon, Massimo Negrini, and Giuseppe Barbanti-Brodano -- SV40 and Human Tumors / Amy S. Arrington and Janet S. Butel -- Molecular Evolution and Epidemiology of JC Virus / Hansjurgen T. Agostini, David V. Jobes, and Gerald L. Stoner -- The Epidemiology of BK Virus and the Occurrence of Antigenic and Genomic Subtypes / Wendy A. Knowles -- The Epidemiology of SV40 Infection Due to Contaminated Polio Vaccines: Relation of the Virus to Human Cancer / Dana E.M. Rollison and Keerti V. Shah -- The Immune Response to SV40, JCV, and BKV / Satvir S. Tevethia and Todd D. Schell -- The Human Polyomaviruses: Past, Present, and Future / Gerald L. Stoner and Roland Hubner |
Summary |
Our understanding of human polyomaviruses has evolved profoundly in the last fifteen years, creating an urgent need for an updated resource. Drs. Khalili and Stoner have collected the contributions of renowned researchers and clinicians in this cutting-edge volume |
Analysis |
Immunology Immunology Inactive- do not use |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Polyomavirus -- physiology.
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DNA Tumor Viruses -- physiology.
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Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal -- virology.
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Polyomavirus -- pathogenicity.
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Oncogenic DNA viruses.
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Polyomaviruses.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Khalili, Kamel, 1951-
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Stoner, Gerald L., 1943-
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ISBN |
0471221945 (electronic bk.) |
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0471390097 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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0471461024 (electronic bk.) |
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9780471221944 (electronic bk.) |
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9780471390091 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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9780471461029 (electronic bk.) |
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