TY  - BOOK
AU  - Shchelkunov,S.N.
AU  - Marennikova,S.S.
AU  - Moyer,R.W.
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Orthopoxviruses Pathogenic for Humans
SN  - 9780387253060
U1  - 616.9101 23
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Boston, MA
PB  - Springer US
KW  - MEDICINE
KW  - IMMUNOLOGY
KW  - MEDICAL VIROLOGY
KW  - EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
KW  - EPIDEMIOLOGY
KW  - MICROBIOLOGY
KW  - BIOMEDICINE
KW  - VIROLOGY
KW  - INFECTIOUS DISEASES
KW  - PUBLIC HEALTH/GESUNDHEITSWESEN
N1  - Smallpox in Human History -- Classification of Poxviruses and Brief Characterization of the Genus Orthopoxvirus -- Vaccinia Virus -- Variola (Smallpox) Virus -- Monkeypox Virus -- Cowpox Virus -- Molecular Evolution of Orthopoxviruses -- Laboratory Diagnostics of Human Orthopoxvirus Infections -- Preparedness and Response to Potential Bioterrorism
N2  - Orthopoxviruses Pathogenic for Humans covers those viruses capable of causing disease in man, including monkeypox, smallpox, cowpox, and vaccinia. The coverage of each virus is comprehensive, covering the biology, molecular biology, and ecology of the virus as well as the clinical and epidemiological aspects of these viruses in humans and animals. In addition, this volume highlights developments in genetic engineering that are paving the way for potential therapeutic treatments of these viruses
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/b107126
ER  -