Description |
1 online resource (522 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
Contents |
Influenza: perspective -- Human influenza: one health, one world -- Influenza pandemics: history and lessons learned -- Structure and replication -- Structure, disassembly, assembly, and budding of influenza viruses -- The virus genome and its replication -- Influenza glycoproteins: hemagglutinin and neuraminidase -- Proton channels of influenza A and B viruses -- The NS1 protein: a master regulator of host and viral functions -- Structure and function of the influenza virus replication machinery and PB1-F2 -- The genome and its manipulation: recovery of the 1918 virus and vaccine virus generation -- Pathogenesis -- Evolution and ecology of influenza viruses -- Ecology and evolution of influenza viruses in wild and domestic birds -- Influenza in swine -- Equine/canine/feline/seal influenza -- Emergence and evolution of the 1918, 1957, 1968, and 2009 pandemic virus strains -- Epidemiology and surveillance -- Influenza surveillance and laboratory diagnosis -- Epidemiology of influenza -- Immunology of influenza -- Innate immunity -- Antibody-mediated immunity -- Cell-mediated immunity -- Vaccines and vaccine development -- Immunogenicity, efficacy of inactivated/live virus seasonal and pandemic vaccines -- New approaches to vaccination -- Control of influenza in animals -- Influenza vaccine production -- Clinical aspects and antivirals -- Human influenza: pathogenesis, clinical features, and management -- Antivirals: targets and use -- The control of influenza and cost-effectiveness of interventions -- Applications of quantitative modeling to influenza virus transmission dynamics, antigenic and genetic evolution, and molecular structure -- Pandemic preparedness and response -- Influenza: the future -- The outbreak of H7N9 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Online resource; title from resource title page (ebrary, viewed on November 26, 2013) |
Subject |
Influenza viruses.
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Influenza.
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Influenza, Human.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Braciale, Thomas J., editor
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Lamb, Robert A., editor
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Monto, Arnold S., editor
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Webster, Robert G., 1932- editor
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LC no. |
2013010901 |
ISBN |
1118636813 (electronic bk.) |
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1118636848 (electronic bk.) |
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9781118636817 (electronic bk.) |
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9781118636848 (electronic bk.) |
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(hardback : alk. paper) |
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(hardback : alk. paper) |
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